1 Chronicles 13:1:31 Chr.13.1.W3TAB
עִם־שָׂרֵ֧י
imsarei
“with officers of”
- Transliteration
- im-sa-REI
- Extended
- ihm-sah-REE
- IPA
- /ʕim.saːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with officers of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
im-sa-REI
- phraseyour reading level
im-sa-REI ha-a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-yiv-VA-ats da-VID im-sa-REI ha-a-la-FIM ve-ham-me-OT le-khol-na-GID
Exegesis
The construct phrase sarei ha'alafim {שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים | śārê hāʾălāp̄îm} ‘officers of the thousands,’ paired with the coordinated vehammeot {וְהַמֵּאוֹת | wə-hammêʾōṯ} ‘and the hundreds,’ forms a hierarchical merism.
Root and etymology
“prince, ruler”
In context — 1 Chronicles 13:1
David took counsel with the commanders overseeing the thousands and the hundreds, together with every leader .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 13:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 13:1, so the Hebrew word עִם־שָׂרֵ֧י (imsarei) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.13.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.1.W3.S1) and character.