Word Study · Strong's H2951 · Hebrew

טִפְסַר

tiphsar

tif-sar'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ṭiphçar

“a military governor”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a military governor

Rendered in the KJV as

captain.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ1
טִפְסָ֔ר1

How it is rendered · 2

an official1
and officials your1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Ncmpc/Sp2fs · 1
HNcmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%
Nahum1 of 2 · 50%

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Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 51:27טִפְסָ֔רtifsarnoun · masculine singular“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.here: an official

Nahum1 occurrence

Nahum 3:17וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְvetafserayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYour guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.here: and officials your

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