1 Chronicles 19:3:21 Chr.19.3.W2TAB
שָׂרֵ֨י
sare
“princes of”
- Transliteration
- sa-RE
- Extended
- sah-REE
- IPA
- /saˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- princes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-RE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU sa-RE ve-NE-a-MON
- clause
va-yo-me-RU sa-RE ve-NE-a-MON le-kha-NUN ham-kha-BED da-VID et-a-VI-kha be-e-NE-kha ki-sha-LAKH le-KHA me-na-kha-MIM
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU sa-RE ve-NE-a-MON le-kha-NUN ham-kha-BED da-VID et-a-VI-kha be-e-NE-kha ki-sha-LAKH le-KHA me-na-kha-MIM ha-LO ba-a-VUR lakh-KOR ve-la-ha-FOKH u-le-rag-GEL ha-A-rets ba-U a-va-DAV e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The construct phrase sarei benei-ammon {שָׂרֵ֨י בְנֵי-עַמּ֜וֹן | sārê & bənē-‘ammôn} functions as the subject, “commanders of the Ammonites.”
Root and etymology
s-r
“to command”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:3
And the commanders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “Is David truly honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent comforters to you? Is it not rather for the purpose of searching, overthrowing, and spying out the land that his servants have come to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 19:3, so the Hebrew word שָׂרֵ֨י (sare) 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.19.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.3.W2.S1) and character.