1 Kings 20:19:51 Kgs.20.19.W5TAB
שָׂרֵ֣י
sare
“the officials of”
- Transliteration
- sa-RE
- Extended
- saa-REE
- IPA
- /saːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the officials 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 ham-me-di-NOT
- clause
ve-E-leh ya-tse-U min-ha-IIR na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT
- sentence
ve-E-leh ya-tse-U min-ha-IIR na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ve-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER a-kha-re-HEM
Exegesis
The compound subject na’arei {נַעֲרֵי | na‘ă-rê} + sarei {שָׂרֵי | śārê} + ha-medinot {הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת | ham-mə-dī-nōt} uses two construct chains to denote hierarchical subordination (“young men of the chiefs of the provinces”).
Root and etymology
s-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 20:19
And these went out from the city—the young men of the chiefs of the provinces and the army that followed them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:19, 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.20.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.19.W5.S1) and character.