שושן
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
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שׁ־שׁ־ן (sh-sh-n) |
Noun
[edit]שׁוֹשָׁן • (shoshán) m (plural indefinite שׁוֹשָׁנִים)
Related terms
[edit]- שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshaná)
References
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]שׁוּשָׁן • (shushán)
- Susa, Shushan (the ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran)
- Tanach, Esther 1:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם כְּשֶׁבֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ עַל כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּתוֹ אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה׃
- bayamím hahém k'shévet hamélekh 'akhashverósh 'al kisé mal'khutó 'ashér b'shushan habirá.
- that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the castle,
References
[edit]- “שושן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- שושנאים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he