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תַּתְּנַי proper name, masculine Persian prefect in Syria; — Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6; Ezra 6:13 Θανθανας, A Θαθθαναι; ᵐ5 ^L Τανθαναιος, Σισιννης; also 3 Esdr 6:3; 7:26 Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 11»xi.} 12,89, etc. (Lag^{Psalt. Hieron.162 n.}; AS^{§135 n.}; Mey^{Entst. J. 32} assumes Old Persian * Thithnaya , or * Thathnaia ); but Uštanni, Uštanu , was prefect in Syria under Darius, according to contract tablets. See Strassm^{Darius 27, 82}; names probably identical; Meissn^{ZAW xvii (1897), 191 f.} reads therefore ושׁתני (וַשְׁתָּנִי Hpt), compare Buhl Gu^Ezr-Neh.63; Scheft⁹⁴, however, thinks תתני = תסני Old Persian th¹sna , Avestan s¹sna (teaching), and this transposed in New Babylonian Uštanu