2 Chronicles 22:8:122 Chr.22.8.W12TAB
מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים
mesharetim
“serving”
- Transliteration
- me-sha-re-TIM
- Extended
- meh-shah-reh-TEEM
- IPA
- /məʃaːrăˈθiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- serving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
me-sha-re-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-sha-re-TIM la-a-khaz-ya-HU
- clause
va-yim-TSA et-sa-RE ye-hu-DA u-ve-NE a-KHE a-khaz-ya-HU me-sha-re-TIM la-a-khaz-ya-HU va-ya-har-GEM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-hish-PA-fet ye-HU im-BET a-khAV va-yim-TSA et-sa-RE ye-hu-DA u-ve-NE a-KHE a-khaz-ya-HU me-sha-re-TIM la-a-khaz-ya-HU va-ya-har-GEM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et introduces the definite noun phrases sarei Yehudah {שָׂרֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה | śā-rê Yə-hû-dāh} and u-bnei achei Achazyahu {וּבְנֵ֨י אֲחֵ֧י אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ | wə-bənê ʼă-ḥê ʼaḥ-a-zyā·hû}, both further specified by the participial clause meshartim la-Achazyahu {מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים לַאֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ | mə-šā-rə-tîm la-ʼaḥ-a-zyā·hû}.
Root and etymology
“to serve”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:8
It happened, while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 22:8, so the Hebrew word מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים (mesharetim) 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.22.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.8.W12.S1) and character.