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tereš תֶּ֫רֶשׁ ‘Teresh’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

tereš pr n m pers
Teresh = "strictness"
1) one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai

Mentioned in Esther 2:21, 6:2

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