Numbers 23:17:6Num.23.17.W6TAB
וְשָׂרֵ֥י
vesarei
“and the princes”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-REI
- Extended
- veh-saa-REI
- IPA
- /vəsaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the princes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-sa-REI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-REI mo-AV
- clause
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO va-yo-MER LO ba-LAK mah-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct chain vesarei Moav {וְשָׂרֵי מוֹאָב | wə-sā-rê mō-ʾāḇ} ‘and officials of Moab’ uses the plural construct to denote the group accompanying Balak.
Root and etymology
Roots-r-r
“to rule, to govern”
In context — Numbers 23:17
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the officials of Moab were with him. Then Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:17, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂרֵ֥י (vesarei) 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.23.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.17.W6.S1) and character.