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title: פֶּחָה — governor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּחָה (6346), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: governor. BDB 1906: n.m. governor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּחָה

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«פֶּחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **governor** — 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:** 28 times · **Key:** 6346 · **BDB:** פֶּחָה

### Glosses

governors (11); the.governor (6); the.governors (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

governor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6346/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. governor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6346/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 18:24 governor (loan-word from Assyrian paḫâti \[abbrev. from bêl paḫâti\], lord of a district; cf. perhaps Old Aramaic פחי governor);—abs. הַפּ׳ Ne 5:14, cstr. פַּחַ֫ת Hg 1:1 +, פַּחַת־ 2:21; sf. פֶּחָתֶ֑ךָ Mal 1:8, פֶּחֶם Ne 5:14 (but read prob. פֶּחָה); pl. abs. פַּחוֹת 1 K 20:24 +; cstr. פַּחוֹת 10:15 = 2 Ch 9:14, פַּחֲווֹת Ezr 8:36 +; sf. פַּחוֹתֶיהָ Je 51:28, 57;—as Assyrian captains 2 K 18:24 = Is 36:9 (פ׳, cf. StaZAW vi (1886), 182 al.), cf. Ez 23:6, 12; of Babylon Je 51:23, 57, and Bab. allies Ez 23:23; of Media Je 51:28; Pers. governor of עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר, i.e. in Pal., Hg 1:1, 14; 2:2, 21; Ne 2:7, 9 + 8 times; Pers. satraps in gen. Est 3:12; 8:9; 9:3; applied (by late writer) to Sol.’s governors 1 K 10:15 = 2 Ch 9:14; Benhadad’s captains 1 K 20:24 (del. v., Sta al.).—cf. Biblical Aramaic

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6346/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.6/)

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לְבֻשֵׁ֤י תְכֵ֙לֶת֙ פַּח֣וֹת וּסְגָנִ֔ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד כֻּלָּ֑ם פָּרָשִׁ֕ים רֹכְבֵ֖י סוּסִֽים׃

*Word for word:* clothed of.blue governors and officials young.men of.desire of.them all horsemen \[who\].rode of.horses

*JPS 1917:* clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.

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[Haggai 2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.21/)

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אֱמֹ֕ר אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֥ל פַּֽחַת־יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י מַרְעִ֔ישׁ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* say to Zerubbabel the.governor of.Judah (cmp) I \[am\].about.to.shake (et) the heavens and (et) the earth

*JPS 1917:* 'Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying: I will shake the heavens and the earth;

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