2 Samuel 15:25:72 Sam.15.25.W7TAB
הָעִ֑יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-EER
- IPA
- /hɔːˈʕiːr/
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
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR im-em-TSA KHEN be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-shi-VA-ni ve-hir-A-ni o-TO ve-et-na-VE-hu
Exegesis
The destination hā-ʿîr {הָעִ֑יר | hā-ʿîr} ‘the city’ completes the command.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD , then He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:25, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֑יר (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 Sam.15.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.25.W7.S1) and character.