Genesis 37:36:6Gen.37.36.W6PAT

סְרִ֣יס

seris

official

Transliteration
se-RIS
Extended
seh-REES
IPA
/sə.ˈriːs/

Meaning by language

English
official
French
officier
Spanish
oficial
Portuguese
oficial
German
Beamter
Russian
чиновник
Arabic-Simplified
مَسْؤُول
Hindi
अधिकारी
Chinese-Simplified
官员
Korean
관리
Indonesian
pejabat
Bengali
কর্মকর্তা
Tagalog
opisyal
Swahili
afisa
Amharic
ሹም
Yoruba
òjòyè
Igbo
onye ọchịchị
Twi
aban dwumayɛni

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Result
סְ + רִ֣יס
se + ris
seris

Alphabet Analysis

Samekhs as in sit
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Samekhs as in sit

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-RIS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    se-RIS pa-re-O

  3. clause

    le-fo-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM

  4. sentence

    ve-ham-me-da-NIM ma-khe-ROO o-TO el-mi-tse-RA-yim le-fo-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM

In contextGenesis 37:36

and the Medanites sold him to Egypt to Potiphar official of Pharaoh chief of the slaughterers

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 37:36, so the Hebrew word סְרִ֣יס (seris) 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 Gen.37.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.36.W6.S1) and character.