1 Kings 16:9:51 Kgs.16.9.W5TAB
שַׂ֖ר
sar
“commander”
- Transliteration
- SAR
- Extended
- SAHR
- IPA
- /ˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- commander
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SAR
- clause
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV av-DO zim-RI SAR ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV
- sentence
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV av-DO zim-RI SAR ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV ve-HU be-tir-TSa sho-TE shi-KOR BET ar-TSA a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit be-tir-TSA
Exegesis
The subject avdo zimri {עַבְדּ֣וֹ זִמְרִ֔י | ʿaḇdôw zimrî} ‘his servant Zimri’ is immediately followed by the construct chain sar machatsit harachev {שַׂר מַחֲצִ֣ית הָרָ֑כֶב | śār maḥaṣṣîṯ hārāḥēb} ‘commander of half the chariots,’ indicating rank through a genitive construct.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:9
And his servant Zimri, the commander of half the chariots, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:9, so the Hebrew word שַׂ֖ר (sar) 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.16.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.9.W5.S1) and character.