(Aramaic) corresponding to pechah -- captain, governor.
see HEBREW pechah
H6347. pechah
מֶּחָה noun masculine (Babylonian or Persian) governor (Assyrian loan-word, Biblical Hebrew id.); — absolute ׳פ Ezra 5:14; construct מַּחַת 5:3, 6; 6:6-7, 13; plural emphatic מַּחֲוָתָא Daniel 3:2-3, 27; 6:1.