Tartan: general, commander (title of an Assyr. general) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: Tartan
Phonetic Spelling: (tar-tawn')
Short Definition: commander
Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
general, commander (title of an Assyr. general)
NASB Translation
commander (1), Tartan (1).
תַּרְתָּן noun masculine title of Assyrian General = field-marshal (loan-word from Assyrian tartânu, turtânu DlWB 716 TieleGeschichte. 495 f. PinchesHast. DB TARTAN JohnsEncy. Bib. ID.); — Isaiah 20:1; 2 Kings 18:17 (+ רַבסָֿרִיס, רַבשָֿׁקֵה; only this last in "" Isaiah 36:2).
Tartan Of foreign derivation; Tartan, an Assyrian -- Tartan.
תַּרְתָּ֥ן תַרְתָּן֙ תרתן tar·tān ṯar·tān tarTan tartān ṯartān
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