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title: סָרֵךְ — chief · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: סָרֵךְ (lemma:סָרֵךְ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: chief. BDB 1906: n.m. chief, overseer. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָרֵךְ

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«סָרֵךְ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **chief** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:סָרֵךְ · **BDB:** סָרַךְ

### Glosses

the (3); overseers (1); the.overseers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e8_5b5_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. chief, overseer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e8_5b5_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**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.

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָרֵךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5e8_5b5_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.7/)

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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!

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[Daniel 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.3/)

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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.

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