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rav-sārīs רַב־סָרִיס ‘Rab-Saris’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rav רַב ‘many / chief’ and a foreign word for a eunuch
Roots: רב

rav-sārīs pr n m pers
1) chief eunuch
 1a) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

Mentioned in 2 Kings 18:17 Jeremiah 39:3, 39:13

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