1. governor, provincial official — Masculine noun פֶּחָה (Aramaic/Persian loanword) denoting an appointed governor or provincial official under imperial authority, used of both Judean governors (Neh 5:14, Hag 1:1 of Zerubbabel) and foreign provincial rulers (Ezra 8:36, Est 3:12, Dan 3:2). The singular construct פַּחַת (eng: governor-of, arb: والِي, swa: liwali) and plural with article הַפַּחוֹת (eng: the-governors, arb: الأُمَرَاءُ, swa: na-wakuu) are inflectional forms of the same administrative title, not distinct senses. 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"]
Senses
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.