פֶּחָה

Biblical Aramaic

governor — used 10 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

governor tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּחָה: n.m. governor tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. (Bab. or Pers.) governor (Assyrian loan-word, BH id.);—abs. פ׳ Ezr 5:14; cstr. פַּחַת Ezr 5:3, 6; 6:6, 7, 13; pl. emph. פַּתֲוָתָא Dn 3:2, 3, 27; 6:8.

Jastrow 1903

פֶּחָה: to be large grandee, high officer, governor tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(b. h.; = בעל פ׳, v. Del. Assyr. Handw. p. 519; פחה to be large, grandee, high officer, governor. Y. Bets. IV, 62ᶜ (R. Ḥiya addressing Rab) בן פי׳ אחריהם son of nobility, follow them (the example of thy kindred)!—Pl. פַּחוֹת. Bicc. III, 3 הפ׳ הסגנים וכ׳ the grandees, the chiefs, and the treasurers (of the Temple) went out to meet them. Num. R. s. 14; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the governor (5); the (4); governor (1).

In the verses

Ezra 6:7 · tree →

שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

JPS 1917: let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

Ezra 6:13 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן תַּתְּנַ֞י פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן לָקֳבֵ֗ל דִּֽי־שְׁלַ֞ח דָּרְיָ֧וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֛א כְּנֵ֖מָא אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא עֲבַֽדוּ׃

Word for word: then Tattenai the.governor of.the.region.beyond the river Shethar-Bozenai Shethar-Bozenai and associates their (to) before that he.had.sent Darius the king accordingly diligently they.did

JPS 1917: Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had thus sent, acted with all diligence.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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