Genesis 39:23:2Gen.39.23.W2TAB
שַׂ֣ר
sar
“chief of”
- Transliteration
- SAR
- Extended
- SAHR
- IPA
- /ˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- chief of
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
EIN SAR beit-ha-SO-har
- clause
EIN SAR beit-ha-SO-har ro-EH et-kol-me-u-MAH be-ya-DO ba-a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH it-TO
- sentence
EIN SAR beit-ha-SO-har ro-EH et-kol-me-u-MAH be-ya-DO ba-a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH it-TO va-a-sher-HU o-SEH Ye-ho-VAH mats-LI-akh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the existential particle ein {אֵין | ʾên} ‘there is not,’ which negates the participle ro'eh {רֹאֶה | rō-ʾeh} ‘overseeing’ attached to the subject sar beyt-ha-sohar {שַׂר בֵּית־הַסֹּהַר | śar bêṯ-ha-ssō-har} ‘chief of the prison house.’
Root and etymology
š-r-rshin–resh–resh
“to rule, exercise authority”
In context — Genesis 39:23
The chief of the prison house did not look into anything that was in his hand, because the LORD was with him, and whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 39:23, so the Hebrew word שַׂ֣ר (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.39.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.23.W2.S1) and character.