מְשָׁרְתָ֜י/ו
𐤌𐤔𐤓𐤕𐤉/𐤅
shârath
of his ministers
To serve, attend to duties, or minister, especially in a formal, official, or cultic capacity; encompassing the act of serving at a sanctuary, carrying out priestly or Levitical tasks, or otherwise assisting an official. While it broadly refers to service, its primary biblical use is for attending to duties in the religious or royal context.
2 Chronicles 9:4 · Word #6
Lexicon H8334
| Lemma | שָׁרַת |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤔𐤓𐤕 |
| Transliteration | shârath |
| Strong's | H8334 |
| Definition | To serve, attend to duties, or minister, especially in a formal, official, or cultic capacity; encompassing the act of serving at a sanctuary, carrying out priestly or Levitical tasks, or otherwise assisting an official. While it broadly refers to service, its primary biblical use is for attending to duties in the religious or royal context. |
Morphology HVprmpc/Sp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | of his ministers |
SIBI-P1 Translation H8334-10
his ministering-ones
| Morphological Notes | Piʿel active participle, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix |
| Rendering Rationale | The Piʿel active participle masculine plural construct with 3ms suffix denotes those who are actively rendering formal service belonging to him. "Ministering-ones" preserves the participial force and the official/cultic nuance of the root. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
his ministering-ones
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Standardized from "his ministers". |