טִפְסָר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2951

scribe — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

scribe tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טִפְסָר: scribe, marshal tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] scribe, marshal (if meaning correct, then Assyrian loan-word, from dupsarru, tablet-writer, scribe, v. Len Langue Primit. de la Chaldée, 365 SchrCOT on Je 51:27, LotzTP 180; dupšarru, according to DlHWB 227)—pl. sf. טַפְסְרַיִךְ Na 3:17 (as if from טַפְסֵר) thy scribes, marshals, of high officials of Nineveh; abs. sg. פִּקְדוּ עָלֶיהָ טִפְסָר Je 51:27 appoint a marshal against her, i.e. against Babylon.—On military function of those skilled in writing cf. שֹׁטֵר.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: an official (1); officials (1).

In the verses

Nahum 3:17 · tree →

מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙ כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ כְּג֣וֹב גֹּבָ֑י הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ בְּי֣וֹם קָרָ֔ה שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ זָֽרְחָה֙ וְנוֹדַ֔ד וְלֹֽא־נוֹדַ֥ע מְקוֹמ֖וֹ אַיָּֽם׃

Word for word: courtiers your [are].like the locust and officials your [are].like a.locust of.locust[s] [which] encamp in the walls on a.day of.coldness [the].sun it.rises and it.flees and not it.is.known place its where.[are] they?

JPS 1917: Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Jeremiah 51:27 · tree →

שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס בָּאָ֗רֶץ תִּקְע֨וּ שׁוֹפָ֤ר בַּגּוֹיִם֙ קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם הַשְׁמִ֧יעוּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מַמְלְכ֥וֹת אֲרָרַ֖ט מִנִּ֣י וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז פִּקְד֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ טִפְסָ֔ר הַֽעֲלוּ־ס֖וּס כְּיֶ֥לֶק סָמָֽר׃

Word for word: lift.up a.standard in the land blow a.trumpet among the nations consecrate on it nations summon on it the.kingdoms of.Ararat Minni and Ashkenaz appoint on it an.official bring.up horse[s] like locust[s] bristly

JPS 1917: Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the horn among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

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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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