2 Kings 14:20:72 Kgs.14.20.W7TAB
בְּעִ֥יר
beir
“in the city of”
- Transliteration
- be-IR
- Extended
- beh-EER
- IPA
- /bəˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the city of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
be-IR
- phraseyour reading level
be-IR DA-vid
- clause
va-yik-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im im-a-vo-TAV be-IR DA-vid
- sentence
va-yis-E-u o-TO al-ha-su-SIM va-yik-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im im-a-vo-TAV be-IR DA-vid
Exegesis
The stacked locatives birushalaim {בִּירוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם | bî-rûšālōyim} ‘in Jerusalem’, immavotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו | ʿimm-ʾăvōṯāw} ‘with his fathers’, and the construct chain beir {בְּעִ֥יר | bə-ʾîr} ‘in the city’ + david {דָּוִֽד | dāwîḏ} create a layered geographical and dynastic frame for the burial.
In context — 2 Kings 14:20
And they carried him on the horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:20, so the Hebrew word בְּעִ֥יר (beir) 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 Kgs.14.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.20.W7.S1) and character.