שֹׁטֵר

שֹׁטֵר noun masculine official, officer (properly scribe, secretary? or from original meaning as arranger, organizer?); — absolute ׳שׁ Ord 6,7, ׳שׁו 2 Kron 26,11 plural שֹׁטְרִים 5 Mos 1,15 +, etc.; — apparently subordinate officer, judicial, civil or military (compare Dr^{5 Mos 1,1–200. 15} Gray^{4 Mos 11,16}); organizing people for marching Jos 1,10; Jos 3,2 (both E), compare 5 Mos 20,5; 5 Mos 20,8; 5 Mos 20,9 appointed over Israel by Egyptian overseers 2 Mos 5,14, compare v2 Mos 5,6 v2 Mos 5,10 v2 Mos 5,15 v2 Mos 5,19 (all J); elsewhere + זְקֵנִים 4 Mos 11,16 (E), 5 Mos 29,9; 5 Mos 31,28 + שֹׁפְטִים 5 Mos 16,18; 1 Kron 23,4; 1 Kron 26,29, + ׳ז and ׳שֹׁפ Jos 8,33 (R^D), and ( + רָאשִׁים) Jos 23,2 (R^D), Jos 24,1 (E, or R^D); ׳שֹׁט as minor judges also 5 Mos 1,15 הַמְשָֽׁרְתִים אֶתהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ׳שֹׁט 1 Kron 27,1, chosen from Levites 2 Kron 19,11; 2 Kron 34,13 (+ סוֺפְרִים, שׁוֺעֲרִים); as title of individual 2 Kron 26,11 (|| הַסּוֺפֵר); of ant, אֵיןלָֿהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמשֵׁל Ord 6,7.