qa.tsin denotes a person placed in authority over a people, group, or military force.

The occurrences consistently identify a person holding authority over others: leaders of a people or household, officers accompanying fighters, and a commander or ruler in settings of public, military, and community leadership.

1. Person exercising authority over others · dominant

   In Judges 11:11, the singular absolute form occurs when the people make Jephthah head and leader over them; in Isaiah 3:6, a man is asked to take charge of the ruins under his hand. Plural construct forms address or describe leaders connected with Jacob, Israel, Sodom, fighting men, and a fleeing population in Micah 3:1, Isaiah 1:10, Joshua 10:24, and Isaiah 22:3.

   Judges 11:11Isaiah 3:6Micah 3:1Isaiah 1:10Joshua 10:24Isaiah 22:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses terms such as “chiefs,” “officers,” “commander,” “leader,” and “ruler” in clauses involving this lemma. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these variations show the leadership contexts of the verses rather than separate lexical senses.