Rabshakeh
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Rabshakeh (Akkadian: 饞儾饞亯饞垳饞埁饞實 rab 拧膩q锚 [GAL.BI.LUL.ME艩]; Hebrew: 专址讘职砖指讈拽值讛, Modern: Rav拧aq膿, Tiberian: Ra岣嚺∧乹膿; Ancient Greek: 巍伪蠄伪魏畏蟼 Rapsak膿s; Latin: Rabsaces; Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: 塥懿軖輦塬艿堠芄虉軔; alternative spellings include Rab-shakeh, Rabsaces, or Rab shaqe) is a title meaning "chief of the princes/cup-bearers" in the Semitic Akkadian and Aramaic languages. The title was given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian royal courts in ancient Mesopotamia,[1] and revived by the Assyrians as a military rank during World War I.[2]