פֶּחָה28 noun masculine[2Kgs 18:24] governor (loan-word from Assyrian pa—âti [abbreviated from bel pa—âti], lord of a district; compare perhaps Old Aramaic פחי governor); — absolute ׳הַפּ [Neh 5:14], construct פַּחַ֫ת [Hag 1:1] +, פֵּחַתֿ [Hag 2:21] suffix פֶּחָחֶ֑ךָ [Mal 1:8],פֶּחָם [Neh 5:14] (but read probably פֶּחָה); plural absolute פַּחוֺת [1Kgs 20:24] +; construct פַּחוֺת [1Kgs 10:15] = [2Chr 9:14], פַּחֲווֺת [Ezra 8:36] +; suffix פַּחוֺתֶיהָ [Jer 51:28]; [Jer 51:57] — as Assyr. captains [2Kgs 18:24] = [Isa 36:9] (< strike out ׳פ, compare StaZAW vi (1886), 182 and others), compare [Ezek 23:6]; [Ezek 23:12] of Babylon [Jer 51:23]; [Jer 51:57], and Babylonian allies [Ezek 23:23] of Media [Jer 51:28] Persian governor of עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר, i. e. in Palestine, [Hag 1:1]; [Hag 1:14]; [Hag 2:2]; [Hag 2:21]; [Neh 2:7]; [Neh 2:9] + 8 t.; Persian satraps in general [Esth 3:12]; [Esth 8:9]; [Esth 9:3] applied (by late writer) to Solomon's governors [1Kgs 10:15] = [2Chr 9:14] Benhadad's captains [1Kgs 20:24] (strike out see, Sta and others). — compare Biblical Aramaic
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