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saris סָרִיס saris

Eunuch — or simply 'court official': the word covers both (Potiphar, a married saris, shows the broader sense). Ashpenaz is 'chief of the sarisim' (Daniel 1:3); Isaiah had told Hezekiah his descendants would be sarisim in Babylon's palace (Isaiah 39:7), and tradition heard Daniel in the prophecy. → first discussed at Dan 1:3