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Bilshan
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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âBiblical Data:
One of the important men who came to Jerusalem from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra ii 2; Nehemiah 7:7). In I Esd. 5:8 he is called "Beelsarus," which points to the form Belshar (= "Belshar-uṣṣur"=O Bel, protect the king); while "Bilshan" points to "Belshunu" (His Lord). J. Halévy ("Revue Etudes Juives," x 3) translates the name "père de la langue" (
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âIn Rabbinical Literature:
According to the Rabbis, Bilshan is not a proper name, but a surname to the preceding name, Mordecai. The latter was given this epithet because of his linguistic attainments,Bilshan meaning "man of language" (
). He not only spoke many languagesâthe seventy corresponding to the number of nations according to the Rabbisâbut also understood the language of the dumb (Men. 64b, 65a).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bilshan'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/bilshan.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bilshan'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/bilshan.html. 1901.
