‡ • אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא 4: 9, n.pr.pl. gent. , so most hitherto, and still Mey Entst. J. 38 ff.
(
Persians
), but many moderns think official title
(
Hoffm
ZA ii. 54 Marquart
64 Jen
ThLZ 1895, 509
Ency. Bib.
190 f.; plausible explanations are:
Andr
M 53 =
Assyrian
šuparšaḳ
(
v. Muss-Arnolt
Assyrian Dict. 1098
šāqū
3
,
general
,
Id.
AJ Sem. Lang. xx (1904), 186 ff.
);
Scheft
76
= OIran. aparasaraka , lesser ruler; Id. MGWJ 47 (1903), 315 f. expl. -תְּכָיֵא as OPers. aparaƟka , lesser governor ) .
• אַפְּתֹם S 674 TWOT 2601 or אַפְּתוֹם (so edd.: > Gi Baer [ v. p. 102 f.] from
MSS,
אַפְּתֹס
) Ezr 4:13 תְּהַנְזִק וְא׳ מַלְכִים
; of uncertain meaning:
Thes
Haug
JBW 1853, 156
in the end
(
from Pehlevi
afdom
,
Pers.
فدام
(
fd˒m
)
end
)
;
Scheft
79 treasuries
(
from Zend
pathmā
,
pl.
of
pathma
,
treasury
,
√
path, to fill up
)
, will endamage
the treasuries
of kings.
[ אֶצְבַּע S 676, 677 TWOT 1873a, 2602 GK 720 ] v. צבע .
אַרְבַּע
S
702, 703, 704, 706
TWOT
2106a, 2986a
GK
752, 753
v.
רבע
.
•
[
אַרְגְּוָן
S
710, 711
TWOT
157b, 2603
GK
760
]
n.m.
purple, red-purple
(
BH id.
,
אַרְגָּמָן
)
;—emph. אַרְגְּוָנָא
Dn 5:
7,
16
,
29
.
ארה
TWOT
159
(
√ of foll.;
BH
I.
ארה
, אַרְיֵה
)
.
• אַרְיֵה S 744, 745 TWOT 2606 GK 793, 794 n.m. Dn 6:25b lion ;— abs. א׳ Dn 7:4
(
sim.
);
pl.
emph.
אַרְיָוָתָא
(D 153) 6:8, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25(×2), 28.
ThLZ
Theol. Literaturzeitung.
Muss-Arnolt
W. Muss-Arnolt.
OIran.
Old Iranian.
sim.
simile.