1 Chronicles 15:8:41 Chr.15.8.W4TAB
הַשָּׂ֖ר
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
she-ma-YA ha-SAR
- clause
she-ma-YA ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV ma-a-TA-yim
- sentence
liv-NE e-li-tsa-FAN she-ma-YA ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV ma-a-TA-yim
Exegesis
Shemaiah {שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה | šəmáʿyā(h)} immediately precedes the epithet ha-sar {הַשָּׂ֖ר | ha-śār} ‘the chief’, forming a nominal appositive that designates his leadership role.
Root and etymology
Roots-r
“chief”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:8
To the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and his brothers—two hundred .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 15:8, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׂ֖ר (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.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.8.W4.S1) and character.