Their officers - Or scribes. Hebrews able to keep accounts in writing, appointed by the Egyptian superintendents, and responsible to them for the work; see Exodus 5:14. Subordinate officers are frequently represented on Egyptian monuments, giving in written accounts to their immediate superiors.
Related Commentaries of Exodus 5:6
Exodus 5:6
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,