Midvash

תַּרְתָּןTartân

field-marshal, title of Assyrian general = (Isaiah 20:1; 2 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 36:2)

Pronunciation: tar-tawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8661

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 18:17 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent his commander in chief, his field commander, and his chief of staff from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.
  • Isaiah 20:1 In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod,

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).