Genesis 21:22:7Gen.21.22.W7TAB
שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ
sartsevao
“commander of his army”
- Transliteration
- sar-tse-va-O
- Extended
- sahr-tseh-vah-OH
- IPA
- /sar.tsə.vaː.ˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- commander of his army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sar-tse-va-O
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR e-lo-HIM im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-sher-a-TA o-SE
Exegesis
The connector vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ introduces the compound subject Avimelekh ûpîḵōl {אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ וּפִיכֹל֙ | ʾăvîmeleḵ ûpîḵōl}, further defined by the construct sar-ṣəvāʾô {שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ | śar-ṣəvāʾô} ‘commander of his army’.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–bet–aleph
“army, host, service”
In context — Genesis 21:22
And it was then that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham and declared, “God is with you in every thing you do.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:22, so the Hebrew word שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ (sartsevao) 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.21.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.22.W7.S1) and character.