1 Samuel 20:40:101 Sam.20.40.W10TAB
הָעִ֖יר׃
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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Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-VE ha-IR
- clause
va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-NA-tan et-KE-lav el-ha-NA-ar a-SHER-lo va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
Exegesis
Within the speech, the double imperative lekh {לֵךְ | lēk} ‘go’ plus haviem {הָבִיאֵם | hā-vîʾēm} ‘bring them’ emphasizes urgency, and the prepositional phrase el ha-ir {אֶל־הָעִיר | ʾel hā-ʾîr} ‘to the city’ specifies the destination. English renders Hebrew V-S-O into S-V-O, preserving the force of the imperatives.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:40:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 20:40, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֖יר׃ (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 Sam.20.40.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.40.W10.S1) and character.