2 Kings 19:33:52 Kgs.19.33.W5TAB
וְאֶל־הָעִ֥יר
veelhair
“and to the city”
- Transliteration
- ve-EL-ha-IR
- Extended
- veh-EHL-haa-IHR
- IPA
- /vəʔɛl.haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-EL-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EL-ha-IR ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-EL-ha-IR ha-ZOT LO ya-VO ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-ya-VO BAH ya-SHUV ve-EL-ha-IR ha-ZOT LO ya-VO ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The connector ve-el-ha-ʼîr {וְאֶל־הָעִיר | wə-ʼel-hā-ʼîr} ‘and to the city’ with hazot {הַזֹּאת | ha-zōt} ‘this’ introduces the contrasting clause, where lo yavo {לֹא יָבֹא | lōʼ yā-vō} emphasizes negation.
Root and etymology
ʽ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city, urban center”
In context — 2 Kings 19:33
By the way which he came, in it he will return; and to this city he will not come, declares the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:33, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־הָעִ֥יר (veelhair) 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.19.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.33.W5.S1) and character.