1 Kings 21:11:31 Kgs.21.11.W3TAB
עִיר֜וֹ
iro
“his city”
- Transliteration
- i-RO
- Extended
- ih-ROH
- IPA
- /ʕiːˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-RO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-SU an-she i-RO
- clause
va-ya-a-SU an-she i-RO haz-ze-ke-NIM ve-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hay-yo-she-VIM be-i-RO ka-a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM i-za-VEL
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU an-she i-RO haz-ze-ke-NIM ve-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hay-yo-she-VIM be-i-RO ka-a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM i-za-VEL ka-a-SHER ka-TUV bas-se-fa-RIM a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The construct phrase anshei iro {אַנְשֵׁי עִירוֹ | an-šê ʿî-rô} identifies the subject group, further defined by the participle hayoshevim {הַיֹּשְׁבִים | ha-yō-šĕ-bîm}.
In context — 1 Kings 21:11
And the men of his city—the elders and the nobles—who dwelt in his city did as Jezebel had commanded them, just as it was written in the letters she had dispatched.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 21:11, so the Hebrew word עִיר֜וֹ (iro) 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.21.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.11.W3.S1) and character.