pīḫatu, pāḫatu - post, office; responsibility; province, district (CAD P 360, AHw. 862)

Related and derived words: pāḫānu ‘responsibility’ (SAD I); pāḫatūtu ‘governorship’ (CAD P 369, AHw. 862).
Usually (AHw. 862, CAD P 360) thought to be related to puḫḫu ‘to exchange’.

A source of borrowing for the Off.Arm. pḥt, Bib.Arm. päḥā and Heb. päḥā.