Genesis 21:32:8Gen.21.32.W8TAB
שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ
sartsevao
“the commander of his army”
- Transliteration
- sar-tse-va-O
- Extended
- sahr-tseh-vah-OH
- IPA
- /sar.tsə.vaː.ˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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-ya-KAM a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O va-ya-SHU-vu el-E-rets pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yikh-re-TU ve-RIT bi-ve-ER sha-VA va-ya-KAM a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O va-ya-SHU-vu el-E-rets pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The construct sar-tseva’o {שַׂר-צְבָא֔וֹ | śar-tsə-ḇā-ʾô} binds the title “commander” to “his army,” emphasizing Phicol’s official role.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–bet–aleph
“army, host, service”
In context — Genesis 21:32
They established a covenant at Beersheba , and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 21:32, 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.21.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.32.W8.S1) and character.