Exodus 5:6

ECB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ And the same day, Paroh misvahs the exactors of the people and their officers, saying,

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taskmasters.{Nogesim,} literally, exactors, oppressors. These taskmasters were Egyptians, (ch. 1:11,) but the officers were Hebrews. See ver. 14.
Exodus 5:10; Exodus 5:13; Exodus 5:15; Exodus 5:19; Exodus 1:11; Proverbs 12:10
officers.{Shoterim,} from the Arabic {saytara,} to overlook, superintend, seems to denote, as {musaytar} in Arabic also does, overseers, superintendents. They may have been somewhat like the chiefs of trades, who are found in every city in the East; where every trade has a head, who is entrusted with authority over them, and is in some measure answerable for them to Government. Compare ch. 2:14.
Numbers 11:16; Deuteronomy 1:15; Deuteronomy 16:18; Joshua 8:33; Joshua 24:1; Joshua 24:4; 2 Chronicles 26:11