סֶרֶן

«סֶרֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: tyrant — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 21 times · Key: 5633 · BDB: סֶ֫רֶן

Glosses

the.rulers (15); rulers (4); of.the.rulers (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

tyrant tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tyrant, lord tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. tyrant, lord (Philist. loan-word);—pl. abs. הַסְּרָנִים Ju 16:30 + 2 times; cstr. סַרְנֵי Ju 3:3 + 16 times; sf. סַרְנֵיכֶם 1 S 6:4;—only of tyrants, lords of the Philistines, five in no. Ju 3:3 Jos 13:3 (D), 1 S 6:16, 18 cf. v 4, i.e. appar., one ruling each of the five cities (named 1 S 6:17); without the numeral Ju 16:5 + 6 times Ju 16, 1 S 5:8 + 7 times 1 S, + 1 Ch 12:20 (Baer Ginsb; v 19 van d. H.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «סֶרֶן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Samuel 6:16

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה סַרְנֵֽי־פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים רָא֑וּ וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּ עֶקְר֖וֹן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃ס

Word for word: and five the.rulers of.[the].Philistines they.saw and they.went.back Ekron on the day (the) that

JPS 1917: And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

1 Samuel 29:7

וְעַתָּ֥ה שׁ֖וּב וְלֵ֣ךְ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם וְלֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה רָ֔ע בְּעֵינֵ֖י סַרְנֵ֥י פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ס

Word for word: and therefore turn.back and go in peace and not you.will.do evil in the.eyes of.the.rulers of.[the].Philistines

JPS 1917: Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.'

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