Genesis 17:15:4Gen.17.15.W4TAB
שָׂרַ֣י
sarai
“Sarai”
- Transliteration
- sa-RAI
- Extended
- sah-RAI
- IPA
- /saː.ˈraj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sarai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-RAI
- phraseyour reading level
sa-RAI ish-te-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM sa-RAI ish-te-KHA lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH sa-RAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM sa-RAI ish-te-KHA lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH sa-RAI KI sa-RA she-MAH
Exegesis
The topicalized nominal sarai ishtekha {שָׂרַ֣י אִשְׁתְּךָ֔ | śā-ray ʾiš-te-kā} ‘Sarai your wife’ precedes the prohibitive lōʾ tiqrāʾ {לֹא־תִקְרָ֥א | lōʾ tiqrāʾ} ‘you shall not call’, focusing on her identity.
The accusative particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introduces shemah {שְׁמָ֖הּ | šə-māh} ‘her name’, which is then specified appositionally by sarai {שָׂרָ֑י | śā-ray} in “her name, Sarai.”
Root and etymology
ś-r-rshin–resh–resh
“princess”
In context — Genesis 17:15
And God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, you must not call her Sarai any longer; Sarah will be her name.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word שָׂרַ֣י (sarai) 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 Gen.17.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W4.S1) and character.