Genesis 39:1:6Gen.39.1.W6PAT
סְרִ֨יס
seris
“an officer”
- Transliteration
- se-RIS
- Extended
- seh-REES
- IPA
- /səˈriːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- an officer
- French
- un officier
- Spanish
- un oficial
- Portuguese
- um oficial
- German
- ein Beamter
- Russian
- сановник
- Arabic-Simplified
- مسؤول
- Hindi
- एक अधिकारी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一个官员
- Korean
- 한 관리
- Indonesian
- seorang pejabat
- Bengali
- একজন কর্মকর্তা
- Tagalog
- isang opisyal
- Swahili
- afisa mmoja
- Amharic
- አለቃ
- Yoruba
- ọga kan
- Igbo
- onyeisi
- Twi
- ɔpanyin bi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
se-RIS
- phraseyour reading level
po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O
- clause
va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yi-she-me-E-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
- sentence
ve-yo-SEF hu-RAD mi-tse-RAI-ma va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yi-she-me-E-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
In context — Genesis 39:1
and Joseph was brought down to Egypt and bought him Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh chief the slaughterers a man Egyptian from hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 39:1, so the Hebrew word סְרִ֨יס (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.39.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.1.W6.S1) and character.