2 Kings 18:30:112 Kgs.18.30.W11TAB
אֶת־הָעִ֣יר
ethair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-IR
- Extended
- eht-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-IR ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-LO ti-na-TEN et-ha-IR ha-ZOT be-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ve-AL-yav-TACH et-KHEM khiz-ki-YA-hu el-Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-TSEL ya-tsi-LE-nu Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ti-na-TEN et-ha-IR ha-ZOT be-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The demonstrative hazzōʾth {הַזֹּאת | ha-z-zōʾth} ‘this’ focuses on the city in the noun phrase hā-ʾîr hazzōʾth {הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | hā-ʾîr ha-z-zōʾth}.
In context — 2 Kings 18:30
And do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD when he says, “Surely the LORD will deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 18:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעִ֣יר (ethair) 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.18.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.30.W11.S1) and character.