רוּפִילָא, (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 פרזק ר׳.—Pl. רוֹפִילִין. Targ. Ruth I, 2 והוו תמן ר׳ and they became there military tribunes (h. text ויהיו שם). Targ. Esth. IX, 6; ib. 12 (ed. Vien. רוֹפִלִין).