---
title: שָׂרַר — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «שָׂרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: be prince. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8323/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/)‎ / שָׂרַר‎

<!-- dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# שָׂרַר

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** be, act, rule, make · **To what, where:** prince, vb, yourself

<!-- .vabout -->
«שָׂרַר‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [שָׂרַר‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8323.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
be prince

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8323:m1:1
# text = be prince
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | imperative | you *not said here* | prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
vb. denom. be act as, prince, rule Qal Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8323:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. be act as, prince, rule Qal Hiph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	act	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
13	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | infinitive · passive |  | vb and denom |  |  |  | as prince and rule | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he ruled; really make yourself ruler; ruling

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8323:m3:1
# text = he ruled; really make yourself ruler; ruling
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ruling	rule	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | he *not said here* | yourself |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset yourself=Product |
| 3 | **rule** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [שֹׂרֵקָה‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b9_5c2_5e8_5b5_5e7_5b8_5d4/)
- next →: [שָׁרָר‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8325/)
- ↑ back to [ש‎ in Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/)