H8660 H8660
Tirshatha; title of the Persian-appointed governor of Judah, meaning 'His Excellency' or 'the revered one'
Tirshatha is a Persian loanword used as an honorific title for the governor of post-exilic Judah. It appears in Ezra 2:63 and Nehemiah 7:65 for an unnamed governor who restricts priestly privileges until the Urim and Thummim can be consulted, and in Nehemiah 8:9; 10:1 it explicitly designates Nehemiah himself. The title likely derives from a Persian root meaning 'feared, revered,' functioning much like 'His Excellency' in diplomatic usage.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Tirshatha—a Persian-derived gubernatorial title meaning 'the revered one' or 'His Excellency,' applied to the governor of Judah in the post-exilic period. All five occurrences (Ezra 2:63; Neh 7:65, 70; 8:9; 10:1) carry the Hebrew article ha- ('the'), marking it as a recognized official designation. English and Spanish render it as 'the Tirshata'/'the governor' (el gobernador), while French and German transliterate the Hebrew directly, reflecting the foreignness of this Persian administrative term in a Hebrew text. 5×
AR["ال-تِّرْشاثا", "التِّرْشاثا", "التِّرْشَاثَا"]·ben["-রাজ্যপাল", "রাজ্যপাল", "শাসনকর্তা"]·DE["[התרשתא]"]·EN["the-Tirshata", "the-governor"]·FR["[התרשתא]"]·heb["ה-תרשתא"]·HI["राज्यपाल", "राज्यपाल-ने"]·ID["Tirsata-itu", "gubernur"]·IT["Tirshata"]·jav["kang-gubernur", "sang-bupati"]·KO["그-총독", "그-총독이"]·PT["O-governador", "o-Tirshata", "o-Tirshatha", "o-governador"]·RU["Тиршата"]·ES["el-gobernador"]·SW["gavana", "liwali"]·TR["vali"]·urd["ال-ترشاتا-نے", "صوبےدار", "صوبےدار-نے"]
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
† תִּרְשָׁתָא n.m. Tirshathâ, title of Persian governor in Judaea, according to MeyEntstehung d. Jud. 194 al. = His Excellency (read Tarshathâ) otherwise LagSymm. i. 60 (cf. Arm, Stud. §§ 280, 1680).—As Meyl.c., Scheft93 f. (tarśta, the feared, revered) MossHast. DB Tirshatha CheEncy. Bib. Id.;—הַתּ׳ Ezr 2:63 = Ne 7:65, Ne 7:69 (Baer Gi; v 70 van d. H.); of Nehemiah Ne 8:9; 10:1.