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šarʾeṣer שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר ‘Sharezer’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

šarʾeṣer pr n m pers
Sharezer or Sherezer = "prince of fire"
1) son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father
2) an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius

Mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37 Isaiah 37:38 Zechariah 7:2

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