Numbers 22:13:5Num.22.13.W5TAB
אֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י
elsarei
“to the princes of”
- Transliteration
- el-sa-REI
- Extended
- el-saa-REI
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.saˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the princes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-sa-REI
- phraseyour reading level
el-sa-REI ba-LAK
- clause
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases baboker {בַּבֹּקֶר | ba-bōqer} ‘in the morning’ and el-sarei Balak {אֶל־שָׂרֵי בָלָק | ʾel-śārê Bālāq} ‘to Balak’s officials’ set temporal and interlocutor contexts.
Root and etymology
s-rshin-resh
“prince, leader”
In context — Numbers 22:13
And Balaam arose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י (elsarei) 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 Num.22.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W5.S1) and character.