מֶלְצָרmeltsâr
the butler or other officer in the Babylonian court
Pronunciation: mel-tsawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4453
Meanings
a Babylonian title; dubious; perhaps guardian? (Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:16)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 1:11 Daniel spoke with the attendant who had been appointed by the chief of staff to look after Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
- Daniel 1:16 So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).