שׁוֹטֵר, v. שָׁטַר) [recorder, notary,] executive officer, overseer. Tanḥ. Shof’ṭim 2 כיון … אם אין ש׳ שיוציא ממנו וכ׳ when a person has been declared in court bound to pay to his neighbor: unless there is an executor to collect from him, the judge has no power &c. Ex. R. s. 1 הלך נוגש מצרי אצל ש׳ ישראל an Egyptian taskmaster came to the house of an Israelitish overseer. Deut. R. s. 5 ולא שופט ולא ש׳ יש לה and it (the ant) has neither judge nor officer; a. fr.—Pl. שׁוֹטְרִים. Ex. R. l. c., v. נָגַשׂ. Tanḥ. l. c. (ref. to Deut. XVI, 18) שופטים … ש׳ אלו פרנסים וכ׳ shof’ṭim are the judges, shoṭ’rim, the managers that lead the community; a. fr.