נִשְׁתְּוָן
nishtvan · letter
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5406 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nishtvan (נִשְׁתְּוָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “letter”.
Official writing (a word of Persian origin used in Hebrew).
How to say it
nisht·van
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
- An official writing sent on someone's behalf.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 4:7
And in the days of Artaxerxes Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic.
- Ezra 7:11
And this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of YHWH and of his statutes for Israel: