Lexical Definition

‎אִגְּרָא‎ ʼiggᵉrâʼ (ig-er-aw') letter ^A:N-F
(Aramaic) of Persian origin

letter.

• an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)

1) letter, missive (Aramaic loan-word used in last OT books)

See Greek: ἐπιστολή · ἀγγαρεύω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אִגֶּרֶת

• Aramaic of ig.ge.ret (‎א‎ִ‎ג‎ֶּ֫‎ר‎ֶ‎ת‎ "letter" אִגֶּרֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: אִגֶּרֶת
‎אִגְּרָה‎ (K^{§ 50, 3}) noun feminine letter-missive (late Biblical Hebrew ‎אִנָּ֫רֶת‎, Old Aramaic ‎אנרת‎, Palmyrene ‎אגרתא‎ Lzb²⁰⁷); — absolute ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ezra 4:8 (van d. H. ‎רָא‎-); emphatic ‎אִגַּרְתָּא‎ Ezra 4:11; Ezra 5:6.

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