טִפְסָר

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine2 occurrences2 books2 verses

Definition

of foreign derivation; a military governor
Traditional renderings: captain.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2 total
  1. 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.
  2. Nahum 3:17וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ · and your scribes
    Your 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.