כּ֔וֹרֶשׁ
𐤊𐤅𐤓𐤔
Koresh
Cyrus
Proper name referring to Cyrus II, known as Cyrus the Great, founder and first king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. In the Hebrew Bible, 'Kôwresh' designates the Persian ruler who conquered Babylon and issued an edict allowing the exiled Israelites to return to their land and rebuild the Jerusalem temple. The term functions solely as a personal name and carries no lexical meaning beyond its referent. Contextually, it is recognized as the name of a historical foreign monarch.
Ezra 1:7 · Word #2
Lexicon H3566
| Lemma | כּוֹרֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤊𐤅𐤓𐤔 |
| Transliteration | Koresh |
| Strong's | H3566 |
| Definition | Proper name referring to Cyrus II, known as Cyrus the Great, founder and first king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. In the Hebrew Bible, 'Kôwresh' designates the Persian ruler who conquered Babylon and issued an edict allowing the exiled Israelites to return to their land and rebuild the Jerusalem temple. The term functions solely as a personal name and carries no lexical meaning beyond its referent. Contextually, it is recognized as the name of a historical foreign monarch. |
Morphology HNp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | Cyrus |
SIBI-P1 Translation H3566-01
Cyrus
| Morphological Notes | Masculine singular proper noun (personal name). |
| Rendering Rationale | The term is a foreign proper name borrowed from Old Persian and carries no derivable Hebrew root meaning. The rendering preserves its function as a singular masculine personal name. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
Koresh
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Cyrus |
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