2 Chronicles 18:8:42 Chr.18.8.W4TAB
אֶל־סָרִ֖י
elsaris
“to an officer or court official”
- Transliteration
- el-sa-RIS
- Extended
- ehl-saa-REES
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.sɑːˈriːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- to an officer or court official
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
el-sa-RIS
- clause
va-yik-RA ME-lekh yis-ra-EL el-sa-RIS e-KHAD
- sentence
va-yik-RA ME-lekh yis-ra-EL el-sa-RIS e-KHAD va-yo-MER ma-HER mi-kha-HU mi-KHAI-hu ben-yim-LA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel sā-rīs ʾeḥāḏ {אֶל־סָרִ֖יס אֶחָ֑ד | ʾel sā-rīs ʾeḥāḏ} ‘to one officer’ marks the indirect object.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:8
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly , bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 18:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־סָרִ֖י (elsaris) 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.18.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.8.W4.S1) and character.