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title: שָׂרַר — be prince · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרַר (8323), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: be prince. BDB 1906: vb. denom. be act as, prince, rule Qal Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרַר

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«שָׂרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be prince** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8323 · **BDB:** שָׂרַר

### Glosses

he.ruled (1); really.(make.yourself.ruler) (1); ruling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be prince [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8323/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. be act as, prince, rule Qal Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8323/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. (Gerber20) be, or act as, prince, rule;— Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּ֫שַׂר עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל Ju 9:22 Abim. ruled over Isr. three years; 3 mpl. שָׂרִים … יָשׂ֑רוּ Is 32:1 princes shall govern (prince it) justly (‖ יִמְלָךְ־מֶלֶךְ), cf. Pr 8:16; Pt. לִהְיוֹת … שֹׂרֵר Est 1:22 that every man should bear rule בְּבֵיתוֹ. Impf., 2 ms. + Inf. abs. כִּי־תִשְׂתָּרֵר עָלֵינוּ גַּס־הִשְׂתָּרֵר Nu 16:13 that thou shouldst also keep playing the prince over us.—יָסֹר 1 Ch 15:22 v. יָסַר Qal and שַׂר 4 b. Hiph. Pf. 3 pl. metapl. הֵשִׂירוּ (Ges§ 67 v) Ho 8:4 they made princes (abs.; ‖ הִמְלִיכוּ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8323/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 9:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.22/)

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וַיָּ֧שַׂר אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.ruled Abimelech over Israel three years

*JPS 1917:* And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.

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[Proverbs 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.16/)

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בִּ֭י שָׂרִ֣ים יָשֹׂ֑רוּ וּ֝נְדִיבִ֗ים כָּל־שֹׁ֥פְטֵי צֶֽדֶק׃

*Word for word:* by me princes they.rule and noble.\[people\] all judges of.righteousness

*JPS 1917:* By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

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