Midvash

טִפְסַרṭiphçar

scribe, marshal (Jeremiah 51:27; Nahum 3:17)

Pronunciation: tif-sar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2951

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Jeremiah 51:27 Raise a signal flag to the nations. Sound the battle cry! Mobilize them all against Babylon. Prepare them to fight against her! Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander, and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!
  • Nahum 3:17 Your guards and officials are also like swarming locusts that crowd together in the hedges on a cold day. But like locusts that fly away when the sun comes up, all of them will fly away and disappear.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).