1. Rabshakeh (chief cupbearer title) — The compound Assyrian title Rab-Shaqeh meaning 'chief cupbearer' or 'chief of the cupbearers,' a high-ranking military/diplomatic official sent by Sennacherib to Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18-19, Isa 36-37). The four clusters represent the two halves of this compound title split across word boundaries: S134621 and S134624 capture the 'Rab/Rav' (chief) component, while S134622 and S134623 capture the 'Shaqeh' (cupbearer) component. Arabic rab-shaqi (رَبّ شَاقِي), Spanish Rab-Saces, Hindi rab-shakeh (रब–शाकेह), Korean chong-yokde (총–욕데), and Swahili mkuu-wa-wanyweshaji 'chief of cupbearers' all treat this as a single unified title. 31×
AR["رَبَّ","شَاقِي","شَاقِيَ"]·ben["রব-","শাকী","শাকীকে","শাকীর","শাকে","শাকেকে","শাকের"]·DE["Oberkellner","Shaqeh"]·EN["Lakhish","Ravshakeh","Shaqeh","and-called","and-found","from","is-it-to","say","sent-him","speak","whom"]·FR["Rabschaké","chef-des-gardes","nombreux"]·heb["רב","שקה"]·HI["रब्ब-","शाकेह","शाकेह-की","शाकेह-ने"]·ID["Rabsake","Syake","[nama]"]·IT["Shaqeh","capo-dei-coppieri"]·jav["Rabsakè","Sakè","dhateng-Yerusalem","kang","lan-manggih","lan-nguwuh","matur-priksa","ngandikaa-priksa","ngutus-piyambakipun","punapa","saking-Lakhis"]·KO["럍-","샤케가","샤케를","샤케에게","샤케의","욕데","욕데가","욖데"]·PT["Rav-","Shaqeh"]·RU["Раб-","Шаке","рав","шаке"]·ES["Rab","Saces","de-Rab","saces"]·SW["Rabshake","Rabu-","shake","wanyweshaji","ya-Rabshake","ya-Rabu-"]·TR["Rab-","Sake","Sake'nin","Sake'ye","Sake'yi","saki","sakiye"]·urd["رب","شاقہ","شاقے","شاقے-نے","شاقے-کی"]
2 Kgs 18:17, 2 Kgs 18:17, 2 Kgs 18:19, 2 Kgs 18:19, 2 Kgs 18:26, 2 Kgs 18:26, 2 Kgs 18:27, 2 Kgs 18:27, 2 Kgs 18:28, 2 Kgs 18:28, 2 Kgs 18:37, 2 Kgs 19:4 (+19 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
II. רַב49 n.m. chief (Assyrian-Bab. influence, cf. rab DlHWB 609b; Biblical Aramaic רַב);—cstr. ר׳ Je 39:9 +; pl. cstr. רַבֵּי 39:13; 41:1 (but v. infr.);—especially רַב־ טַבָּחִים chief of guardsmen (v. טַבָּח), only as title of Bab. officer Je 39:9, 10 + 15 times Je, 7 times ‖ 2 K 25 (cf. שַׂר הַטּ׳ in Gn [JE]); also †רַב הַחֹבֵל Jon 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; †in gen. כָּל־רַב…