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תִּרְשָׁתָא

tir.sha.ta

governor

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Strong’s H8660Proper name, a title5 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

governor5

In the text

Ezra 2:63הַתִּרְשָׁתָא
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah 7:65הַתִּרְשָׁתָא
The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תִּרְשָׁתָא n.m. Tirshathâ, title of Persian governor in Judaea

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.