Genesis 40:2:5Gen.40.2.W5TAB
סָרִיסָ֑יו
sarisav
“his officers”
- Transliteration
- sa-ri-SAV
- Extended
- sah-ree-SAAV
- IPA
- /saː.riːˈsaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his officers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-ri-SAV
- phraseyour reading level
she-NEI sa-ri-SAV
- clause
va-yik-TSOF par-O AL she-NEI sa-ri-SAV
- sentence
va-yik-TSOF par-O AL she-NEI sa-ri-SAV AL SAR ham-mash-KIM ve-AL SAR ha-o-FIM
Exegesis
The preposition al {עַל | ʿal} marks the object of Pharaoh’s anger, first in the general phrase shenei sarisav {שְׁנֵי סָרִיסָיו | šənê sārîsāyw} ‘his two officials’.
Root and etymology
sarassamekh–resh–samekh
“to castrate; by extension court official or eunuch”
In context — Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was angry with his two officials , with the chief of the cupbearers and with the chief of the bakers.
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 40:2, so the Hebrew word סָרִיסָ֑יו (sarisav) 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.40.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.2.W5.S1) and character.