H2967

טַרְפְּלָיֵא

tar.pe.layN:N--LG

officials

§ Tarpelites = "they of the fallen (or wondrous) mountain" the group of Assyrian colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel; identity uncertain

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

טַרְפְּלָיֵא proper name, of a people so most, Ezra 4:9 (Andr^{M 64*} a title; Hoffm^{ZA ii. 55} compare * Persian taraparda, i.e. beyond the bridge; < Scheft⁸⁶ compare Old Iranian tarapâra, beyond the shore [= transriparii Id.^{MGWJ 47, 316}] translation of עֲבַר נַהֲרָא).

1 occurrence

Ezra 4:9