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Meaning of shoter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A kind of officer or overseer among the Ancient Israelites.

historical, in-plural

Examples

“The most important business of the shoterim was to keep the genealogical registers; to record accurately the marriages, births, and deaths among the people; and, probably, as they kept the rolls of families, to apportion the public burdens and services on the people individually.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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