ʾăfārᵊsxāyēʾ אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא ‘^AApharsachite, ^BApharasthchite’ (Aramaic)

Etymology^?: of foreign origin only in the plural
Variants: אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא, אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא

ʾăfārᵊsxāyēʾ ^Apr n loc gen ^Bpr n title gen
Apharsachites = "as causers of division (?)" Apharsathchites = "I will divide the deceivers (?)"
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) perhaps an office or an official
3) (TWOT)
 3a) a people
 3b) perhaps a title of an official