pe.chah identifies administrative officials, whether listed among royal authorities or named over a territory or community.

The term identifies administrative officials: plural forms occur among assembled royal authorities, while singular forms identify individuals in titles connected with a territory or with the Jews.

1. Administrative official or territorial administrator · dominant

   The determined plural forms occur in lists of royal officials assembled for Nebuchadnezzar's image in Daniel 3:2 and Daniel 3:3, and again among those who inspected the men after the fire in Daniel 3:27. Singular construct forms identify Tattenai in connection with Beyond the River in Ezra 5:3 and Ezra 6:6, while Ezra 6:7 refers to an official of the Jews alongside the elders.

   Daniel 3:2Daniel 3:3Daniel 3:27Ezra 5:3Ezra 6:6Ezra 6:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 3:2 and Daniel 3:27, the APB includes “governors” within lists of officials; in Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:14, and Ezra 6:6 it presents individual title phrases with “governor.” Daniel 6:8 does not visibly isolate an English equivalent.