טִפְסָר
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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine2 occurrences2 books2 verses
Definition
of foreign derivation; a military governor
Traditional renderings: captain.
Traditional renderings: captain.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2 total
- Jeremiah 51:27טִפְסָ֔ר · a captain“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- Nahum 3:17וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ · and your scribesYour guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.