Judges 16:30:10Judg.16.30.W10TAB
עַל־הַסְּרָנִ֔ים
alhaseranim
“upon the lords”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-se-ra-NIM
- Extended
- ahl-hah-seh-rah-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.hassəraˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the lords
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-se-ra-NIM
- clause
va-yo-MER shim-sHON ta-MOT naf-SHI im-pe-lish-TIM va-YET be-KHO-akh va-yi-POL ha-BA-yit al-ha-se-ra-NIM ve-al-kol-ha-AM a-SHER-BO
- sentence
va-yo-MER shim-sHON ta-MOT naf-SHI im-pe-lish-TIM va-YET be-KHO-akh va-yi-POL ha-BA-yit al-ha-se-ra-NIM ve-al-kol-ha-AM a-SHER-BO va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM a-SHER he-MIT be-mo-TO ra-BIM me-a-SHER he-MIT be-kha-YAV
Root and etymology
s-r-rsamekh–resh–resh
“prince, ruler, chief”
In context — Judges 16:30
And Samson said, “Let my soul die with the Philistines!” And he bent with strength , and the house fell upon the rulers and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed in his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:30, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַסְּרָנִ֔ים (alhaseranim) 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 Judg.16.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.30.W10.S1) and character.