1 Samuel 14:50:71 Sam.14.50.W7TAB
שַׂר־צְבָאוֹ֙
sartsevao
“commander of his army”
- Transliteration
- sar-tse-va-O
- Extended
- sahr-tseh-vah-OH
- IPA
- /sar.tsəvaˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- commander of his army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
sar-tse-va-O
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHEM sar-tse-va-O
- clause
ve-SHEM sar-tse-va-O a-vi-NER ben-NER DOD sha-UL
- sentence
ve-SHEM E-shet sha-UL a-khi-NO-am bat-a-khi-MA-ats ve-SHEM sar-tse-va-O a-vi-NER ben-NER DOD sha-UL
Exegesis
Construct chains such as eshet {אֵשֶׁת | ʾē-šet} ‘wife of’, bat {בַּת־ | baṯ-} ‘daughter of’, sar {שַׂר־ | sār-} ‘commander’, and tseva’o {צְבָאוֹ֙ | tse-vā-ʾō} ‘his army’ bind relational and military roles tightly. The Hebrew verbless structure requires the addition of a copula ‘was’ in English. The repetition of veshem creates a parallelism that emphasizes both familial and leadership relationships.
Root and etymology
ש-ר-רš-r-r
“to rule, command”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:50
And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam , the daughter of Ahimaaz, and the name of the commander of his army was Abner , the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:50:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 14:50, so the Hebrew word שַׂר־צְבָאוֹ֙ (sartsevao) 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 Sam.14.50.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.50.W7.S1) and character.