Numbers 22:21:7Num.22.21.W7TAB
עִם־שָׂרֵ֥י
imsarei
“with the princes of”
- Transliteration
- im-sa-REI
- Extended
- im-sah-REI
- IPA
- /ʕim.saˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the princes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-sa-REI
- phraseyour reading level
im-sa-REI mo-AV
- clause
va-ye-LEKH im-sa-REI mo-AV
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-ya-kha-VOSH et-a-to-NO va-ye-LEKH im-sa-REI mo-AV
Exegesis
Finally, the construct ʿim-sarê Mōʾāḇ {עִם־שָׂרֵ֥י מוֹאָֽב | ʿim-sarê Mōʾāḇ} ‘with the officials of Moab’ is expressed in English with the preposition “with” plus a noun phrase to convey accompaniment.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 22:21
And Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey , and he went with the officials of Moab .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:21, so the Hebrew word עִם־שָׂרֵ֥י (imsarei) 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.22.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.21.W7.S1) and character.