H6347 H6347
Governor; an appointed provincial official under Persian or Babylonian imperial authority.
An Aramaic loanword from Akkadian (and ultimately Old Persian) designating a governor or provincial administrator appointed by an imperial power. In the Aramaic sections of Ezra and Daniel, the word refers to officials who governed provinces on behalf of the Persian or Babylonian king. The term appears alongside other ranks of officialdom in Daniel 3:2–3, where satraps, governors, and counselors are summoned together. German 'Statthalter' (viceroy, governor) captures the administrative sense precisely, while Spanish 'gobernador' and French 'gouverneur' reflect the same political meaning.
Senses
1. governor, provincial official — An imperial governor or provincial official, a title of Babylonian-Persian administrative origin (Aramaic פֶּחָה). Used in Ezra for officials governing the Trans-Euphrates province (Ezra 5:3, 6; 6:6–7, 13) and for the custodian of temple treasures (Ezra 5:14), and in Daniel for provincial governors assembled before royal authority (Dan 3:2–3, 27; 6:8). The multilingual evidence — German 'Statthalter,' Spanish 'gobernador,' French 'gouverneur' — uniformly points to a single administrative role under imperial appointment. 10×
AR["واليًا","والِي","وَ-الأُمَرَاءَ","وَ-الأُمَرَاءُ"]·ben["এবং-রাজ্যপালরা","এবং-শাসনকর্তাদের","এবং-শাসনকর্তারা","শাসনকর্তা"]·DE["Statthalter","und-Statthalter"]·EN["and-governors","and-the-governors","governor","governor-of","the-governor-of"]·FR["[פחה]","[פחת]","et-gouverneur"]·heb["ו-פחות","פחה","פחת"]·HI["और-राज्यपाल","और-राज्यपालों","और-राज्यपालों-ने","राज्यपाल"]·ID["dan-para-gubernur","gubernur"]·IT["e-governatore","governatore"]·jav["gubernur","lan-para-gubernur","sabrang"]·KO["그리고-관리들-이","그리고-총리들과","그리고-총리들이","총독"]·PT["e-governadores","e-os-governadores","governador","governador-de","o-governador-de"]·RU["и-правителей","и-правители","наместник","наместником"]·ES["el-gobernador-de","gobernador","gobernador-de","y-los-capitanes","y-los-gobernadores"]·SW["liwali","na-wakuu","na-watawala"]·TR["vali","valisi","ve-bölge-valileri","ve-yöneticiler","ve-yöneticileri"]·urd["اور-حاکموں-نے","اور-حکام","اور-حکاموں-کو","حاکم"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פֶּחָה n.m. (Bab. or Pers.) governor (Assyrian loan-word, BH id.);—abs. פ׳ Ezr 5:14; cstr. פַּחַת Ezr 5:3, 6; 6:6, 7, 13; pl. emph. פַּתֲוָתָא Dn 3:2, 3, 27; 6:8.