1 Kings 14:27:111 Kgs.14.27.W11TAB
הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים
hashomerim
“the ones keeping or guarding”
- Transliteration
- ha-sho-me-RIM
- Extended
- hah-shoh-meh-REEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃoːməˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones keeping or guarding
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sho-me-RIM
- clause
ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh
- 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
š-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — 1 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 14:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים (hashomerim) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.27.W11.S1) and character.