טַבָּח
tab.bach
H2877
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Hebrew
guardsman
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tab.bach denotes the king's guard personnel sent out against Babylon's wise men.
The attested use identifies a plural group belonging to the king's guard and sent out in connection with killing Babylon's wise men in Daniel 2:14.
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Royal guard personnel on a killing mission · dominant
In Daniel 2:14, the determined masculine plural form identifies the group connected with Arioch as he has gone out against the wise men of Babylon. The APB renders the clause “the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon,”.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 2:14, the APB presents the group within “the king's guard” and links its captain with the mission to kill Babylon's wise men.