1 Kings 16:18:51 Kgs.16.18.W5TAB
הָעִ֔יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-EER
- IPA
- /haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR
- clause
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh va-yis-ROF a-LAV et-bet-ME-lekh ba-ESH va-ya-MOT
In context — 1 Kings 16:18
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the royal palace and burned it over himself with fire, and he died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֔יר (hair) 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.16.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.18.W5.S1) and character.