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tiršātāʾ תִּרְשָׁתָא ‘governor’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

tiršātāʾ pr n m title
1) Tirshatha-governor
 1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea
  1a1) Nehemiah used this title

Mentioned in Ezra 2:63 Nehemiah 7:69, 8:9, 7:65, 10:2

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