Genesis 39:1:8Gen.39.1.W8TAB
שַׂ֤ר
sar
“chief of the”
- Transliteration
- SAR
- Extended
- SAHR
- IPA
- /ˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- chief of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SAR
- phraseyour reading level
SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM
- clause
va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yish-me-e-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
- sentence
ve-yo-SEF hu-RAD mi-tse-RAI-ma va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yish-me-e-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
Exegesis
Potiphar’s identity is defined through apposition: potifar {פּוֹטִיפַר | pō-ṭî-par}, seris paroh {סְרִיס פַּרְעֹה | sə-rîs par-ʿōh} ‘official of Pharaoh’, sar hattabbakhim {שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים | śar ha-ṭab-bā-ḥîm} ‘chief of the guards/executioners’, and ish mitsri {אִישׁ מִצְרִי | ʾîš miṣ-rî} ‘an Egyptian man’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–resh
“ruler, prince”
In context — Genesis 39:1
Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard , an Egyptian man, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 39:1, so the Hebrew word שַׂ֤ר (sar) 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.39.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.1.W8.S1) and character.