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Hebrew
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *ganzabarah (“treasure-bearer”), from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
גִּזְבָּר • (gizbár) m
- treasurer
Tanach, Ezra 1:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וַיּוֹצִיאֵם כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס עַל־יַד מִתְרְדָת הַגִּזְבָּר וַיִּסְפְּרֵם לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר הַנָּשִׂיא לִיהוּדָה׃- vayotsi'ém kóresh mélekh párás 'al-yád mitr'dát hagizbár vayisp'rém l'sheshbatsár hanasí lihudá.
- even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Shekalim 5:2:אֵין פּוֹחֲתִים מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה גִּיזְבָּרִים וּמִשִּׁבְעָה מַרְכּוֹלִים- 'éin pokhatím mish'loshá gizbarím umishiv'á markolím
- There were never fewer than three treasurers and seven supervisors.
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