1 Kings 16:4:31 Kgs.16.4.W3TAB
בָּעִ֔יר
bair
“in the city”
- Transliteration
- ba-IR
- Extended
- baa-EER
- IPA
- /baˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-IR
- clause
ha-MET le-va-SHA ba-IR yo-khe-LU ha-ke-la-VIM
- sentence
ha-MET le-va-SHA ba-IR yo-khe-LU ha-ke-la-VIM ve-ha-MET LO ba-sa-DE yo-khe-LU OF ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The locative baʿîr {בָּעִ֔יר | bā-ʿîr} ‘in the city’ sets the first scene, followed by yokhelu {יֹֽאכְל֖וּ | yōʾə-ḵə-lū} ‘they will eat’ in an imperfect conveying impending action as the apodosis of a prophetic oracle.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–ayin–resh
“to burn, consume, destroy”
In context — 1 Kings 16:4
The one belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, dogs will eat; and the one belonging to him who dies in the field, birds of the sky will eat.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:4, so the Hebrew word בָּעִ֔יר (bair) 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.16.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.4.W3.S1) and character.