רוּפִילָא m. (rufulus) a military tribune chosen by the general himself; (adopted in the Persian bureaucracy) a high official, royal adjutant or viceroy. Shebu. 6ᵇ כגון מלכא ור׳ וכ׳ as, for instance, the king is followed by the Rufila, and the Alḳafta by the Resh Galutha. B. Mets. 49ᵇ; 107ᵇ פרזק ר׳.—Pl. רוֹפִילִין. Targ. Ruth I, 2 והוו תמן ר׳ and they became there military tribunes (h. text ויהיו שם). Targ. Esth. IX, 6; ib. 12 (ed. Vien. רוֹפִלִין).
רוּפִילָא
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רוּפִילָא m. (rufulus) a military tribune chosen by the general himself ; (adopted in the Persian bureaucracy) a high official, royal adjutant or…
References
- Shevuot 6b:11
- Bava Metzia 49b:4
- Bava Metzia 107b:16
- Aramaic Targum to Ruth 1:2
- Aramaic Targum to Esther 9:6
- Aramaic Targum to Esther 9:12