fal´ti-el (פּלטי×ל, palṭı̄'eÌ„l; Syriac “Psaltielâ€; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) and the King James Version Salathiel): “The captain of the people†who came to Esdras between his first and second vision (2 Esdras 5:16). Fritzsche (Libri Apocrypha vet. test.) reads “Phalthiel.†See PALTIEL.