שׁטר TWOT 2374 ( ^√ of foll.; Assyrian šaṭâru , write , Sab. סטר Hom Chr 124 DHM Epigr. Denkm. Ar. lii. 2, liv. 2 ; Arabic سَطَرَ ( saṭara ) rule (a book), write , سَطْرٌ ( saṭrun ) row, line; Aramaic שְׁטָרָא ^, ˜˜˜˜˜˜ ^{(šṭoro) document, so HilprBab.}

Exp. x. 8 CIS ^{ii. 67}, Nab. Palm. שטר Lzb 374 : Hom NKZ i. 69 all from Assyrian ) ^.

• שֹׁטֵר S 7860 TWOT 2374a GK 8853, 8854 n.m. official, officer ( proposes scribe, secretary ? or from original meaning as arranger, organizer ? ) ;— abs. שׁ׳ Pr 6: 7, שׁו׳ 2 Ch 26:1 1; pl. שֹׁטְרִים Dt 1:15 +, etc.;—appar. subordinate officer , judicial, civil or military ( cf. Dr Dt 1:15 Gray Nu 11:1 6): organizing people for marching Jos 1:10 ; 3:2 (both E ), cf. Dt 20: 5, 8 , 9 ; appointed over Isr. By Egyptian overseers Ex 5:14 , cf. v 6, 10 , 15 , 19 (all J ); elsewhere + זְקֵנִים Nu 11:16 ( E ), Dt 29:9 ; 31:28 ; + שֹׁפְטִים 16:18 1 Ch 23: 4; 26:29 , + ז׳ ^et שֹׁפ׳ Jos 8:33 ( R D ), and ( + רָאשִׁים ^{) 23:2 (RD), 24:1 (E, or RD);} שֹׁט׳ as minor judges also Dt 1:15 ; שֹׁט׳ הַמְשָֽׁרְתִים אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Ch 27: 1, chosen from Levites 2 Ch 19:11 ; 34:13 ( + סוֹפְרִים ^, שׁוֹעֲרִים ); as title of individ. 26:11 ( || הַסּוֹפֵר ); of ant, אֵין־לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל Pr 6: 7.

• שִׁטְרַי S 7861 GK 8855 n.pr.m. an official of David, 1 Ch 27:29 Kt ( > Qr שִׁרְטִי ^{); Ασαρταις, Σατραι.}

• [ מִשְׁטָר S 4896 TWOT 2374b GK 5428 ] n.m. rule, authority ;— sf. מִשְׁטָרוֹ Jb 38:33 (of heavens over earth).

Hom F. Hommel, Südaraische Chrestomathie . DHM D. H. Müller, Epigrophische Denkmäler, or Epigr. Denm. aus Arabien , or Epigr. Denkm. aus Arabien, or Epigr. Denkm. aus Abessinien
Hilpr H. V. Hilprecht.

CIS Corpus Inscript. Semiticarum. Hom F. Hommel.

NKZ Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift . R Redactor, Deuteronomic redactor.