פֶּחָה

פֶּחָה₂₈ noun masculine^{2 Kong 18,24} governor (loan-word from Assyrian pa—âti [abbreviated from bel pa—âti], lord of a district; compare perhaps Old Aramaic פחי governor); — absolute ׳הַפּ Neh 5,14, construct פַּחַ֫ת Hag 1,1 +, פֵּחַתֿ Hag 2,21 suffix פֶּחָחֶ֑ךָ Mal 1,8,פֶּחָם Neh 5,14 (but read probably פֶּחָה); plural absolute פַּחוֺת 1 Kong 20,24 +; construct פַּחוֺת 1 Kong 10,15 = 2 Kron 9,14, פַּחֲווֺת Ezr 8,36 +; suffix פַּחוֺתֶיהָ Jer 51,28; Jer 51,57 — as Assyr. captains 2 Kong 18,24 = Es 36,9 (< strike out ׳פ, compare Sta^{ZAW vi (1886), 182} and others), compare Ezk 23,6; Ezk 23,12 of Babylon Jer 51,23; Jer 51,57, and Babylonian allies Ezk 23,23 of Media Jer 51,28 Persian governor of עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר, i. e. in Palestine, Hag 1,1; Hag 1,14; Hag 2,2; Hag 2,21; Neh 2,7; Neh 2,9 + 8 t.; Persian satraps in general Est 3,12; Est 8,9; Est 9,3 applied (by late writer) to Solomon's governors 1 Kong 10,15 = 2 Kron 9,14 Benhadad's captains 1 Kong 20,24 (strike out see, Sta and others). — compare Biblical Aramaic