אֶשְׁפָּר
eshpar · portion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H829 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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eshpar (אֶשְׁפָּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “portion”.
A measured portion of food. It appears only in this account (2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3) and its exact sense is not certain: a portion of meat or a cake of dates.
How to say it
esh·par
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A share handed to each one at the feast; exactly what is unclear.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 6:19
And he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, from man to woman, to each one one cake of bread, one portion of meat, and one raisin cake. Then all the people went, each to his house.
- 1 Chronicles 16:3
And he distributed to every man of Israel, from man to woman, to each one a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a raisin cake.