Hebrew

Noun

סֶרֶן • ‎(séren) m ‎(plural indefinite סְרָנִים, plural construct סַרְנֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (Biblical Hebrew) lord, prince, ruler of one of the five Philistine cities
2. (modern Hebrew) captain, a military rank

Etymology 2

Apparently Semitic.

Noun

סֶרֶן • ‎(séren) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. axle

References

• “H5633”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

1. ↑ Nancy K. Sandars, The Sea Peoples: Warriors of the Ancient Mediterranean, 1250–1150 BC, Thames and Hudson, 1978
2. ↑ Barnett, "The Sea Peoples", section IV, "The Philistines", New Cambridge Ancient History page 17, critically remarked upon in Michael C. Astour's review article in Journal of the American Oriental Society, 92:3 (July – September 1972:457f)
3. ↑ See also W. F. Albright in the New Cambridge Ancient History, vol. I, part I, p. 25, note 3.
4. ↑ Helck, Ein sprachliches Indiz für die Herkunft der Philister, in Beiträge zur Namenforschung 21, 1983, p. 31.
5. ↑ Meriggi, P. "Schizzo della delineazione nominale dell'eteo geroglifico (Continuazione e fine)", in Archivio Glottologico Italiano, 38, 1953. pp. 36-57.
6. ↑ Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque. Histoire des mots, vol. 4.1, 1968, p. 1146.
7. ↑ Gusmani 1969: R. Gusmani, Isoglossi lessicali Greco-Ittite, in Studi linguistici in onore di Vittore Pisani, Brescia 1969, Vol. 1, p. 511-12.
8. ↑ Cornil, P. "Une étymologie étrusco-hittite", Atti del II Congresso Internazionale de Hittitologia, Pavía, 1995, p. 84-85.
9. ↑ Rabin, C. "Hittite Words in Hebrew", Or NS 32, 1963, pp. 113-39.