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title: טִפְסָר — scribe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טִפְסָר (2951), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: scribe. BDB 1906: scribe, marshal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טִפְסָר

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«טִפְסָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scribe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2951 · **BDB:** טִפְסָר

### Glosses

an.official (1); officials (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scribe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2951/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

scribe, marshal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2951/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] scribe, marshal (if meaning correct, then Assyrian loan-word, from dupsarru, tablet-writer, scribe, v. Len Langue Primit. de la Chaldée, 365 SchrCOT on Je 51:27, LotzTP 180; dupšarru, according to DlHWB 227)—pl. sf. טַפְסְרַיִךְ Na 3:17 (as if from טַפְסֵר) thy scribes, marshals, of high officials of Nineveh; abs. sg. פִּקְדוּ עָלֶיהָ טִפְסָר Je 51:27 appoint a marshal against her, i.e. against Babylon.—On military function of those skilled in writing cf. שֹׁטֵר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טִפְסָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2951/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.17/)

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מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙ כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ כְּג֣וֹב גֹּבָ֑י הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ בְּי֣וֹם קָרָ֔ה שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ זָֽרְחָה֙ וְנוֹדַ֔ד וְלֹֽא־נוֹדַ֥ע מְקוֹמ֖וֹ אַיָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* courtiers your \[are\].like the locust and officials your \[are\].like a.locust of.locust\[s\] \[which\] encamp in the walls on a.day of.coldness \[the\].sun it.rises and it.flees and not it.is.known place its where.\[are\] they?

*JPS 1917:* Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

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[Jeremiah 51:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.27/)

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שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס בָּאָ֗רֶץ תִּקְע֨וּ שׁוֹפָ֤ר בַּגּוֹיִם֙ קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם הַשְׁמִ֧יעוּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מַמְלְכ֥וֹת אֲרָרַ֖ט מִנִּ֣י וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז פִּקְד֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ טִפְסָ֔ר הַֽעֲלוּ־ס֖וּס כְּיֶ֥לֶק סָמָֽר׃

*Word for word:* lift.up a.standard in the land blow a.trumpet among the nations consecrate on it nations summon on it the.kingdoms of.Ararat Minni and Ashkenaz appoint on it an.official bring.up horse\[s\] like locust\[s\] bristly

*JPS 1917:* Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the horn among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

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