1 Kings 13:29:91 Kgs.13.29.W9TAB
אֶל־עִיר֙
elir
“to the city of”
- Transliteration
- el-IR
- Extended
- ehl-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the city of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-IR
- clause
va-ya-VO el-IR han-na-VI haz-za-KEN lis-POD u-le-kav-RO
- sentence
va-yis-SA han-na-VI et-niv-LAT ish-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu el-ha-kha-MOR va-ye-shi-VE-hu va-ya-VO el-IR han-na-VI haz-za-KEN lis-POD u-le-kav-RO
Exegesis
Prepositional phrases el-ha-chamor {אֶל־הַחֲמֹר | ’el-hā-ḥămôr} and el-ir {אֶל־עִיר | ’el-ʿîr} mark location and direction.
In context — 1 Kings 13:29
And the prophet lifted the body of the man of God and placed it upon the donkey. Then he brought him back and came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 13:29, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עִיר֙ (elir) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.13.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.29.W9.S1) and character.