סָ֖ר

𐤎𐤓

sar

deviated

or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.

H5493

2 Chronicles 34:2 · Word #10

Lexicon H5493

Lemmaסוּר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤎𐤅𐤓
Transliterationçûwr
Strong'sH5493
In-contextdeviated

Morphology HVqp3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1

ruling-chief of

Rootשׂרר (ś-r-r)
Core Meaningsto rule, to govern, to exercise authority, to prevail as a leader
Semantic Rangeprince, commander, captain, chief official, ruler, governor, overseer; also used of heavenly or angelic princes
Conceptual Significanceשַׂר signifies structured authority within Israelite society and beyond, encompassing military, tribal, royal, and even celestial leadership. It reflects the biblical worldview of delegated rule under the ultimate sovereignty of יהוה, highlighting both human governance and spiritual hierarchies.
Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun in construct state (HNcmsc), indicating a relational form "chief of…" linking it to a following noun.
Rendering RationaleThe noun שַׂר derives from the root שׂרר, "to rule" or "to exercise authority." As a masculine singular noun in the construct state (cmsc), it denotes a single male authority figure in relation to what follows, hence "ruling-chief of," preserving both the root sense of active governance and the grammatical construct form.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שׂרר (to rule, to govern, to exercise authority, to prevail as a leader)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H8269-03 hasarim the ruling princes
H8269-04 lesar to a ruling-chief
H8269-08 lesareynu to our ruling-princes
H8269-09 lesarim to rulers
sar ruling-chief of
H8269-12 sar ruling-chief of
H8297-01 saray My Princess
H8269-13 sarayikhe your ruling princes
H8269-16 sarey ruling-princes of
H8269-19 sareynu our ruling-princes
H8269-20 sarim ruling chiefs
H8282-01 sarot ruling-ladies
vesarah and Princess Sarah
H8269-27 vesarayikhe and your ruling princes
H8269-31 vesareyhem and their ruling princes
H8269-32 vesareykhem and your ruling princes
H8269-33 vesareynu and our ruling princes
H8269-34 vesarim and ruling chiefs
H8323-02 yasoru they will exercise dominion

Word Usage (301 occurrences of H5493)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 8:13 וַ/יָּ֤סַר vayasar and removed
Genesis 19:2 ס֣וּרוּ suru turn aside
Genesis 19:3 וַ/יָּסֻ֣רוּ vayasuru they turned aside
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