2 Samuel 18:1:102 Sam.18.1.W10TAB
וְשָׂרֵ֥י
vesare
“and commanders of”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-RE
- Extended
- veh-saa-REE
- IPA
- /vəsaːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and commanders of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sa-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-RE me-OT
- clause
va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
- sentence
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
Exegesis
The construct chains sarei alafim {שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים | sā-rê ʾă-lā-pîm} and sarei meot {שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת | sā-rê mê-ʾōṯ} denote hierarchical units rendered literally as “commanders of thousands” and “commanders of hundreds.”
Root and etymology
s-rshin, resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:1
And David mustered the people who were with him, and he appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂרֵ֥י (vesare) 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 Sam.18.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.1.W10.S1) and character.