שוטר
Appearance
Hebrew
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שׁ־ט־ר (sh-ṭ-r) |
Etymology
[edit]Believed to have originally meant "scribe", and translated thus in the Septuagint, it is likely ultimately derived from Akkadian 𒊬 (šaṭārum, “to write, to inscribe, to jot down”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃoˈteʁ/
Noun
[edit]שׁוֹטֵר • (shotér) m (plural indefinite שׁוֹטְרִים, singular construct שׁוֹטֵר־, plural construct שׁוֹטְרֵי־, feminine counterpart שׁוֹטֶרֶת)
- (law enforcement) policeman, cop
- 2015 September 17, Avi Kohen, “פתק על הניידת: "שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת"”, in Israel HaYom:
- "אם משטרה מתנכלת ותומכת ברצח אזרחים, קריאה לשחיטת שוטרים אינה נחשבת הסתה. שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת..."
- "im mishtará mitnakélet vetoméchet berétsach ezrachím, kri'á leshchitát shotrím eyná nechshévet hasatá. shotér tov ze shotér met..."
- "If the police harass and support murder of civillians, call for the slaughter of police officers is not considered incitement. A good cop is a dead cop..."
- Tanach, Proverbs 6:7, with translation of the English Standard Version:
- אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל.
- ašér ēn-láh qatzín šotér umošél.
- Without having any chief, officer, or ruler.
- (Biblical Hebrew) A kind of officer or overseer among the Ancient Israelites.
- (Mishnaic Hebrew, Talmudic Hebrew) An officer charged with carrying out the judges' decisions and maintaining public order.
Related terms
[edit]- מִשְׁטָרָה (mishtará)
References
[edit]- H7860 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “שוטר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- שוטר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- שוטר (מקרא) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he