סָרֵךְ

Biblical Aramaic

chief — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

chief tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סָרַךְ: n.m. chief, overseer tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. chief, overseer (𝔗 id. (= BH שֹׁטֵר); etym. dub.; prob. with Bev Dn Dr Dn AndrM 75*, loan-word from. Pers. sār (and *sarak?), head, chief);—pl. abs. סָֽרְכִין Dn 6:3, emph. סָֽרְכַיָּא v 4, 5, 7, cstr. סָֽרְכֵי v 8.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (3); overseers (1); the overseers (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:7 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן סָרְכַיָּ֤א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ אִלֵּ֔ן הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ עַל־מַלְכָּ֑א וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לֵ֔הּ דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

Word for word: then the overseers and the satraps these they.came.as.a.crowd to the king and as.follows [they.were].saying to him O.Darius the king forever live!

JPS 1917: Then these presidents and satraps came tumultuously to the king, and said thus unto him: 'King Darius, live for ever!

Daniel 6:3 · tree →

וְעֵ֤לָּא מִנְּהוֹן֙ סָרְכִ֣ין תְּלָתָ֔א דִּ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל חַֽד־מִנְּה֑וֹן דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֞ן אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ין יָהֲבִ֤ין לְהוֹן֙ טַעְמָ֔א וּמַלְכָּ֖א לָֽא־לֶהֱוֵ֥א נָזִֽק׃

Word for word: and above more than.them overseers three whom Daniel [was].one of them whom they.will.be the satraps these giving to them the report and the king not he.will.be suffering.injury

JPS 1917: and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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