וְשָׂרֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשָׂרֵ֥י

   ve-sa-REI

   and officers of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבּ֖וֹ

   ve-sa-REI rikh-BO

   and officers of his chariotry
3. clause🔊 כִּי־הֵ֜מָּה אַנְשֵׁ֤י מִלְחָמָה֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י שָׁלִישָׁ֔יו וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃

   ki-HE-ma an-SHEI mil-kha-MA ve-sa-REI sha-li-SHAV ve-sa-REI rikh-BO u-fa-ra-SHAV

   for they men of war and officers of his captains and officers of his chariotry and his horsemen
4. sentence🔊 וּמִן־בְּנֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹא־נָתַ֧ן שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה לַעֲבָדִ֖ים לִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ כִּי־הֵ֜מָּה אַנְשֵׁ֤י מִלְחָמָה֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י שָׁלִישָׁ֔יו וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃

   u-min-be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-na-TAN she-lo-MO la-a-va-DIM lim-la-akh-TO ki-HE-ma an-SHEI mil-kha-MA ve-sa-REI sha-li-SHAV ve-sa-REI rikh-BO u-fa-ra-SHAV

   and from the sons of Israel who or which he did not give Solomon as slaves for his work for they men of war and officers of his captains and officers of his chariotry and his horsemen

Exegesis

The series of construct relationships (for example, vesarei {וְשָׂרֵי | wə-śārê} ‘officers of’ + shalishav {שָׁלִישָׁיו | šā-lî-šāyw} ‘his captains’) stacks roles in a coordinated catalogue, moving from general (‘men of war’) to ranks and corps (captains, chariotry, horsemen). In English, the construct chains are rendered with “of” and role terms to preserve the hierarchical, military register while keeping the list readable.

Root and etymology

shin–resh🔊 ש־רshin–resh

“prince, chief, official”