2 Chronicles 12:6:22 Chr.12.6.W2TAB
שָׂרֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
sareyiyisrael
“princes of Israel”
- Transliteration
- sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- saa-REE-yee-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /saːˈreː.jiː.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- princes of Israel
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ka-ne-U sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yik-ka-ne-U sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-ka-ne-U sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-me-RU tsa-DIK Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The coordinated subjects serei-Yisrael {שָׂרֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | śā-rê yis-ra-ʾêl} and ve-hamelekh {וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | wə-ham-me-leḵ} underscore joint agency.
Root and etymology
ש־ר
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:6
And the chiefs of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 12:6, so the Hebrew word שָׂרֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (sareyiyisrael) 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.12.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.6.W2.S1) and character.