2 Chronicles 12:10:92 Chr.12.10.W9TAB

שָׂרֵ֣י

sare

officers of

Transliteration
sa-RE
Extended
saa-REE
IPA
/saːˈreː/

Meaning by language

English
officers of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׂ + רֵ֣י
sa + re
sare

Alphabet Analysis

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

    sa-RE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM

  3. clause

    ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-te-E-HEM ma-gi-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 pairs ṣārē harāṣīm {שָׂרֵ֣י הָרָצִ֔ים | ṣārē harāṣīm} ‘commanders of the runners’ and haššōmrīm {הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים | haššōmrīm} ‘the guards’ define the royal guard unit.

Root and etymology

ש־ר

to rule

In context2 Chronicles 12:10

And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and he appointed them under the care of the commanders of the runners—the guards at the entrance of the king’s house .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 12:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 12:10, 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 2 Chr.12.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.10.W9.S1) and character.