2 Kings 19:13:62 Kgs.19.13.W6TAB
לָעִ֣יר
lair
“the city of”
- Transliteration
- la-IR
- Extended
- laa-EER
- IPA
- /laːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-IR
- phraseyour reading level
la-IR se-far-va-YIM
- clause
A-yo ME-lekh-kha-MAT u-ME-lekh ar-PA-d u-ME-lekh la-IR se-far-va-YIM
- sentence
A-yo ME-lekh-kha-MAT u-ME-lekh ar-PA-d u-ME-lekh la-IR se-far-va-YIM he-NA ve-i-VA
Exegesis
Each phrase pairs the head noun melekh {מֶֽלֶךְ | me-leḵ} ‘king’ with its geographic designation—khamat {חֲמָת | ḥa-māṯ} ‘Hamath,’ arpad {אַרְפָּד | ʾar-pāḏ} ‘Arpad,’ and the construct la’ir sefarvayim {לָעִיר סְפַרְוָיִם | lā-ʾîr sə-phar-vā-yīm} ‘the city of Sepharvaim.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rʿayin–yod–resh
“city, town”
In context — 2 Kings 19:13
Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim , Hena, and Ivvah?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 19:13, so the Hebrew word לָעִ֣יר (lair) 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.19.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.13.W6.S1) and character.