2 Chronicles 19:5:72 Chr.19.5.W7TAB
לְעִ֥יר
leir
“to a city or for a city”
- Transliteration
- le-IR
- Extended
- leh-EER
- IPA
- /ləˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a city or for a city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-IR
- phraseyour reading level
le-IR va-IR
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED shof-TEIM ba-A-rets be-khol-a-REI ye-hu-DA hab-be-tsu-ROT le-IR va-IR
Exegesis
The distributive sequence leir vair {לְעִיר וָעִיר | lə-ʿîr wā-ʿîr} ‘city by city’ underscores the comprehensive nature of the appointments. The English translations maintain the Hebrew’s distributive and territorial emphases by retaining “city by city” and differentiating between general land coverage and every fortified city.
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:5
He appointed judges in the land in every fortified city of Judah , city by city .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 19:5, so the Hebrew word לְעִ֥יר (leir) 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 2 Chr.19.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.5.W7.S1) and character.