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Job 29:9

“The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שַׂרsar · sar
H8269 · Hebrew

Definition: a head person (of any rank or class)
Derivation: from H8323 (שָׂרַר);
KJV renderings: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Grammar: שָׂ֭רִים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HNcmpa
Usage: Occurs 421 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:15 Genesis 21:22 Genesis 21:32 Genesis 26:26 Genesis 37:36

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שַׂר here.

Verse 8 Verse 10

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.