* taskmasters.
{Nogesim,} literally, exactors, oppressors. These
taskmasters were Egyptians, (ch. 1:11,) but the officers were
Hebrews. See ver. 14.
10,13,15,19 1:11 Pr 12:10
* officers.
{Shoterim,} from the Arabic {saytara,} to overlook,
superintend, seems to denote, as {musaytar} in Arabic also
does, overseers, superintendents. They may have been
somewhat like the chiefs of trades, who are found in every
city in the East; where every trade has a head, who is
entrusted with authority over them, and is in some measure
answerable for them to Government. Compare ch. 2:14.
Nu 11:16 De 1:15 16:18 Jos 8:33 24:1,4 2Ch 26:11
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