2 Chronicles 17:19:22 Chr.17.19.W2TAB
הַמְשָׁרְתִ֣ים
hamsharetim
“the ones serving”
- Transliteration
- ham-sha-re-TIM
- Extended
- hahm-shah-reh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ham.ʃaː.rəˈθiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones serving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-sha-re-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
ham-sha-re-TIM et-ham-ME-lekh
- clause
E-leh ham-sha-re-TIM et-ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
E-leh ham-sha-re-TIM et-ham-ME-lekh mil-le-VAD a-sher-NA-tan ham-ME-lekh be-a-REI ham-miv-TSAR be-khol-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the demonstrative eleh {אֵ֖לֶּה | ʾêl-leh} ‘these’, establishing the topic, followed by the participial phrase hamsharetim {הַמְשָׁרְתִים | ham-šā-rə-tîm} ‘serving ones’, which functions as an adjectival descriptor.
Root and etymology
sh-r-t
“to serve”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:19
These were the royal attendants , apart from those whom the king had stationed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 17:19, so the Hebrew word הַמְשָׁרְתִ֣ים (hamsharetim) 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.17.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.19.W2.S1) and character.