1 Chronicles 21:2:41 Chr.21.2.W4TAB
וְאֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י
veelsare
“and to the commanders of”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-sa-RE
- Extended
- veh-ehl-sah-REE
- IPA
- /vəʔɛl.saːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the commanders of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-el-sa-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN ve-ha-VI-u E-lai ve-ed-a et-mis-pa-RAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential marker vayōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech from David {דָּוִד | Dāwîḏ} addressed to Joab {יוֹאָב | Yōʾāḇ} and the commanders (sārê hā-ʿām {שָׂרֵי הָעָם | śārê hā-ʿām} ‘leaders of the people’) using the prepositions ʾel {אֶל | ʾel} ‘to’ and wə-ʾel {וְאֶל | wə-ʾel} ‘and to’.
Root and etymology
Roots-r
“leader”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:2
And David said to Joab and to the commanders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring it to me so that I may know their number.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י (veelsare) 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.21.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.2.W4.S1) and character.