2 Kings 20:18:102 Kgs.20.18.W10TAB
סָֽרִיסִ֔ים
sarisim
“eunuchs”
- Transliteration
- sa-ri-SIM
- Extended
- saa-ri-SEEM
- IPA
- /saːriːˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- eunuchs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| 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
sa-ri-SIM
- clause
ve-ha-YU sa-ri-SIM be-he-KHAL ME-lekh ba-VEL
- sentence
u-mi-ba-NE-kha a-SHER ye-tsE-U mim-me-KHA a-SHER to-LID yi-KHAKH yik-KA-khu ve-ha-YU sa-ri-SIM be-he-KHAL ME-lekh ba-VEL
Exegesis
The imperfect yikkachu {יִקָּחוּ | yiqqā-ḥû} ‘they will take’ expresses active removal, while vehayu {וְהָיוּ | wə-hā-yû} ‘and they will be’ predicates sarisim {סָרִיסִים | să-rî-sîm} ‘eunuchs’.
Root and etymology
s-r-sSamekh–Resh–Samekh
“eunuch; court official”
In context — 2 Kings 20:18
And from your sons whom you will beget and who will come forth from you, some will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 20:18, so the Hebrew word סָֽרִיסִ֔ים (sarisim) 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 Kgs.20.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.18.W10.S1) and character.