2 Kings 18:8:72 Kgs.18.8.W7TAB
עַד־עִ֥יר
adir
“as far as a city”
- Transliteration
- ad-IR
- Extended
- ahd-EER
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as a city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ad-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ad-IR miv-TSAR
- clause
mim-mig-DAL no-tsE-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
- sentence
HU-HI-kA et-pe-lish-TIM ad-a-ZA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mim-mig-DAL no-tsE-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The paired phrases mi-migdal notzerim {מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל נוֹצְרִ֖ים | mi-miḡ-ḏal nō-ṣerîm} “from the watchtower of the sentries” and ad ir mibtsar {עַד־עִ֥יר מִבְצָֽר | ʿad ʿîr mib-ṣār} “as far as the fortified city” create a boundary parallelism that emphasizes the total conquest. English retains this with matching “from… to…” framing.
In context — 2 Kings 18:8
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower of the sentries as far as the fortified city .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:8, so the Hebrew word עַד־עִ֥יר (adir) 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.18.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.8.W7.S1) and character.