2 Kings 20:6:102 Kgs.20.6.W10TAB
הָעִ֣יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-EER
- IPA
- /haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-IR ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
The direct object marker we-et {וְאֵת | wəʾēt} foregrounds ha-ir hazot {הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | hāʿîr ha-zōṯ} ‘this city’ as the recipient of divine deliverance.
In context — 2 Kings 20:6
I will increase your days by fifteen years, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will guard this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֣יר (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.20.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.6.W10.S1) and character.