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טַבָּח noun masculine 1Sam 9:23
1.
cook,
2.
guardsman;
—
1.
cook (who also killed the animal for food and served it) טַבָּח absolute 1Sam 9:23; 1Sam 9:24 .
2. elsewhere only plural טַבָּחִים
guardsmen, bodyguard (originally royal slaughterers; see RSOTJC 426 (262); Semitic i. 1st ed., 396); always in the following
combinations: ׳
שַׂר הַטּ
captain of Pharaoh's bodyguard
Gen 37:36; Gen 39:1 (both
J
), Gen 40:3
; Gen 40:4; Gen 41:10; Gen 41:12 (all
E
); ׳
רַבטֿ
chief of Nebuchadrezzar's bodyguard
2Kgs 25:8; 2Kgs 25:10;
2Kgs 25:11;
2Kgs 25:12;
2Kgs 25:15;
2Kgs 25:18;
2Kgs 25:20;
Jer 39:9 + 16 t.
Jeremiah (hence Aramaic רַב טַבָּחַיָּא
Dan 2:14).