afarschay · Apharsachites, Apharsathchites

What it means

afarschay (אֲפַרְסְכַי) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “Apharsachites, Apharsathchites”.

Apharsathchites or Apharsachites: the name of a group that appears in the letters of Ezra. It is not known for certain whether it is a people or a class of officials.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A group of officials or a people of the Persian empire.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Apharsachites ×2
• Apharsathchites ×1

Where it appears

• Ezra 4:9

  Then Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, the Dehaites, the Elamites,

• Ezra 5:6

  The copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his companions, the Apharsachites who were in the other side of the river, sent to Darius the king.

• Ezra 6:6

  “Now, Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, the Apharsachites who are in the other side of the river: keep away from there.