Aluf

"Aluf" ( to refer to the Edomite chieftains who were his descendants. In modern Hebrew as spoken in contemporary Israel it can mean "champion" as well as being a military rank.

The non-Hebrew word "general" was also taken into Hebrew (גנרל), and is used to refer to the generals of foreign armies. It can also be used colloquially in reference to a senior Israeli officer, in a derogatory sense - implying that the officer concerned is over-officious, incompetent, and/or involved in internecine power struggles with other officers, to the neglect of proper military duties.

ee also

*Israel Defense Forces ranks
* Mickey Marcus - the IDF's first Aluf.
* Yaakov Dori - the IDF's first Rav Aluf {Chief of Staff}