1 Kings 14:27:91 Kgs.14.27.W9TAB
שָׂרֵ֣י
sare
“officers of”
- Transliteration
- sa-RE
- Extended
- sah-REE
- IPA
- /saːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- officers 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
sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM
- 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
Rootshin–resh
“prince, official, commander”
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 14:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word שָׂרֵ֣י (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 Kgs.14.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.27.W9.S1) and character.