שֹׁטֵרshoter meaning in Biblical Hebrew
officer, official · noun, masculine (plural שֹׁטְרִים, shotrim)
Before he was a cop, the shoter was the man holding the brick tally in Egypt. When the count came up short, he took the beating.
וַיֻּכּוּ שֹׁטְרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר־שָׂמוּ עֲלֵהֶם נֹגְשֵׂי פַרְעֹה לֵאמֹר מַדּוּעַ לֹא כִלִּיתֶם חָקְכֶם לִלְבֹּן כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם גַּם־תְּמוֹל גַּם־הַיּוֹם
“And the officers of the Israelites, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked: why have you not finished your quota of bricks, yesterday and today, as before? (Exodus 5:14)”
Who was the shoter in your life, keeping the count and taking the heat for it?