2 Kings 19:34:22 Kgs.19.34.W2TAB
אֶל־הָעִ֥יר
elhair
“to the city”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-IR
- Extended
- ehl-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| 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
el-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-IR ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-gan-NO-ti el-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ho-shi-I-a
- sentence
ve-gan-NO-ti el-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ho-shi-I-a le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-ha-ir hazot {אֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | ʾel-hā-ʿîr haz-zōṯ} ‘over this city’ specifies the target.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rʿayin–yod–resh
“city, town”
In context — 2 Kings 19:34
And I will defend this city to save it, for My sake and for the sake of David My servant .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:34, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָעִ֥יר (elhair) 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.19.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.34.W2.S1) and character.