Aramaic word · H2877

טַבָּח

tabachaiya'

guardsman

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

bodyguard, executioner, guardsmen

Aramaic of tab.bach (טַבָּח "guard" H2876)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 2:14 טַבָּחַיָּ֖א executioners the

    When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, went out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel responded with discretion and tact.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.