1 Kings 14:27:101 Kgs.14.27.W10TAB

הָרָצִ֔ים

haratsim

the runners

Transliteration
ha-ra-TSIM
Extended
haa-rah-TSEEM
IPA
/haːraːˈtsiːm/

Meaning by language

English
the runners

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + רָ + צִ֔ים
ha + ra + tsim
haratsim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ra-TSIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM

  3. clause

    ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh

Exegesis

The idiom ʿal-yad sārê hārāṣîm haššōmrîm {עַל־יַד שָׂרֵ֣י הָרָצִ֔ים הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים | ʿal-yad sārê hārāṣîm haššōmrîm} ‘under the authority of the officers of the runners, the guards’ expresses hierarchy.

Root and etymology

run

In context1 Kings 14:27

And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and appointed them under the authority of the officers of the runners, the guards at the entrance of the king’s house .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word הָרָצִ֔ים (haratsim) 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 Kgs.14.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.27.W10.S1) and character.