2 Chronicles 1:2:42 Chr.1.2.W4TAB

לְשָׂרֵ֧י

lesare

to the commanders of

Transliteration
le-sa-RE
Extended
leh-sah-REE
IPA
/ləsaːˈreː/

Meaning by language

English
to the commanders of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + שָׂ + רֵ֧י
le + sa + re
lesare

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-sa-RE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM

  3. clause

    le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM ve-ha-me-OT ve-la-shof-TIM u-le-KHOL-na-SI le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER she-lo-MO le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM ve-ha-me-OT ve-la-shof-TIM u-le-KHOL-na-SI le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

A series of coordinated lə-phrases—lesarei ha-alafim {לְשָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים | lə-śā-rê hā-ʾă-lā-fîm} ‘to the officers of the thousands’, ve-la-meot {וְלַמֵּאוֹת | wə-lam-mē-ʾōt} ‘and to the hundreds’, ve-la-shoftim {וְלַשֹּׁפְטִים | wə-laš-šōp̄-ṭîm} ‘and to the judges’—details the military-administrative ranks.

Root and etymology

RootSin, Resh, Resh

to rule, exercise authority

In context2 Chronicles 1:2

Then Solomon addressed all Israel: the officers of the thousands and of the hundreds, the judges, and every leader throughout Israel—the heads of the fathers’ houses.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 1:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 1:2, so the Hebrew word לְשָׂרֵ֧י (lesare) 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 2 Chr.1.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.1.2.W4.S1) and character.