Enigmatic Hebrew word found in the dedicatory inscription honoring Simon, ruling high priest of Israel and brother of Judas Maccabeus (1 Maccabees 14:28). Plausible translations of the term are prince of the people of God or court of the people of God. The Syriac version of the Apocrypha drops the m to give Israelmaking the sentence read in the third year of Simon the great high priest in Israel.