e.tser denotes an authority figure in the setting of Laish's unopposed security.

The sole attested use places e.tser in a statement that Laish had no person exercising authority over or against its inhabitants.

1. An authority figure exercising control · dominant

   In Judges 18:7, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the report that Laish's people lived quietly and unsuspectingly; the APB renders the relevant clause as having no one "to exercise authority."

   Judges 18:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Judges 18:7, the APB presents the clause with "to exercise authority." This wording confirms the clause's setting without isolating the noun beyond that context.