1 Chronicles 15:7:41 Chr.15.7.W4TAB
הַשָּׂ֔ר
hasar
“the chief”
- Transliteration
- ha-SAR
- Extended
- hah-SAAR
- IPA
- /hasˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the chief
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
yo-EL ha-SAR
- clause
yo-EL ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV me-A u-she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
liv-NE ger-SHOM yo-EL ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV me-A u-she-lo-SHIM
Exegesis
It continues with the coordinated noun phrase Joel the chief and his brothers, where Joel {יוֹאֵ֣ל | yôʾēl} ‘Joel’ takes the definite title hasar {הַשָּׂ֔ר | hassār} ‘the chief’ in apposition, expanded by echav {וְאֶחָ֖יו | wəʾeḥāyw} ‘and his brothers’ via conjunction.
Root and etymology
s-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:7
Of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief and his brothers, one hundred and thirty.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 15:7, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׂ֔ר (hasar) 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.15.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.7.W4.S1) and character.