Joshua 13:3:12Josh.13.3.W12TAB
סַרְנֵ֣י
sarnei
“rulers of”
- Transliteration
- sar-NEI
- Extended
- sahr-NEH-ee
- IPA
- /ħaˈmeːʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- rulers of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
sar-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM
- clause
cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM
- sentence
min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM
Exegesis
The enumeration chameshet sarnei pelishtim {חֲמֵשֶׁת סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים | ḥă-mē-šet sar-nê pə-liš-tim} ‘five lords of the Philistines’ uses construct-state plus ethnonym, followed by appositional gentilic adjectives (ha-azati, ha-ashdodi, etc.) naming each ruler.
Root and etymology
ס־ר־ר
“to exercise authority”
In context — Joshua 13:3
From the Shihor which lies upon the face of Egypt and extends to the border of Ekron northward, it is reckoned as Canaanite territory. There are five lords of the Philistines , namely the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 13:3, so the Hebrew word סַרְנֵ֣י (sarnei) 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 Josh.13.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.3.W12.S1) and character.