2 Kings 20:4:52 Kgs.20.4.W5TAB
העיר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- hah-EER
- IPA
- /haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-IR kha-TSER
- clause
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu LO ya-TSA ha-IR kha-TSER ha-ti-kho-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu LO ya-TSA ha-IR kha-TSER ha-ti-kho-NA u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA e-LAV le-MOR
Exegesis
The locative ha-’ir {הָעִ֖יר | hā·ʾîr} ‘the city’ and the noun-adjective sequence chatser ha-tikhonah {חָצֵ֣ר הַתִּיכֹ֑ונָה | ḥāṣēr hattîqônâ} ‘middle court’ specify the exact setting.
In context — 2 Kings 20:4
Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court of the city, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 20:4, so the Hebrew word העיר (hair) 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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.4.W5.S1) and character.