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בֵּית־גִּנזִין‏ n.m. treasury

archives BA^Ezra. Ezra5:17 : יִתְבַּקַּר בְּבֵית גִּנְזַיָּא דִּי־מַלְכָּא‏ let the royal archives be examined [expanded/glossed in 6:1 as: בְּבֵית סִפְרַיָּא דִּי גִנְזַיָּא].

treasury, store of precious goods BA^Ezra, JLAtg, Gal, Man, LJLA. Ezra7:20 : וּשְׁאָר חַשְׁחוּת בֵּית אֱלָהָךְ דִּי יִפֶּל־לָךְ לְמִנְתַּן תִּנְתֵּן מִן־בֵּית גִּנְזֵי מַלְכָּא‏ everything else that you have to provide for the needs of your God's temple, provide from the royal treasury. TgJ 2K20:13 : וְאַחזִינוּן יָת כָל בֵית גִנזוֹהִי יָת כַספָא וְיָת דַהבָא‏ he showed them his whole treasury: the silver and the gold. TgPs104:13 : דמשקי טוריא מן בית גנזי עילאי די ליה‏ who waters the mountains from His supernal storehouses.

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