Genesis 39:1:8Gen.39.1.W8PAT

שַׂ֤ר

sar

chief

Transliteration
SAR
Extended
SAHR
IPA
/ˈsar/

Meaning by language

English
chief
French
chef
Spanish
jefe
Portuguese
chefe
German
Oberster
Russian
начальник
Arabic-Simplified
رئيس
Hindi
प्रधान
Chinese-Simplified
首领
Korean
우두머리
Indonesian
kepala
Bengali
প্রধান
Tagalog
pinuno
Swahili
mkuu
Amharic
ሹም
Yoruba
olórí
Igbo
onyeisi
Twi
panyin

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    SAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 39:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 39:1, so the Hebrew word שַׂ֤ר (sar) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.1.W8.S1) and character.