TARPELITES tär’ pə līts. The KJV, ERV, ASV rendering of the Aram. word טַרְפְּלָיֵ֣א in Ezra 4:9 (RSV OFFICIALS). The reference may be to a people, who have not been identified, settled by the Assyrians in the district of Samaria, in which case it is an ethnic name; or, the reference may be to the title of certain Pers. officials.