רוּפִילָא

רוּפִילָאm. (rufulus) a military tribune chosen by the general himself; (adopted in the Persian bureaucracy) a high official, royal adjutant or viceroy. Shebu.6b כגון מלכא ור׳וכ׳ as, for instance, the king is followed by the Rufila, and the Alḳafta by the Resh Galutha. B. Mets.49b; 107b פרזקר׳.Pl. רוֹפִילִין. Targ. Ruth 1:2 והוו תמןר׳ and they became there military tribunes (h. text ויהיו שם). Targ. Esth. 9:6; ib. 12 (ed. Vien. רוֹפִלִין).