2 Samuel 17:13:52 Sam.17.13.W5TAB
אֶל־הָעִ֥יר
elhair
“to the city”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-IR
- Extended
- ehl-haa-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haːˈʕiːr/
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-HI
- clause
ve-im-e-el-IR ye-a-SEF ve-his-SI-u khol-yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ha-HI kha-va-LIM
- sentence
ve-im-e-el-IR ye-a-SEF ve-his-SI-u khol-yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ha-HI kha-va-LIM ve-sa-KHAV-nu o-TO ad-ha-NA-khal AD a-she-re-lo-nim-TSA SHAM gam-tse-ROR
Exegesis
The coordinating Hifil vav-consecutive wə-his-siʾû {וְהִשִּׂיאוּ | wə-his-siʾû} introduces a collective action by kol yiśrāʾēl {כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל | kol yiśrāʾēl} ‘all Israel’ to bring ḥăvālîm {חֲבָלִים | ḥăvālîm} ‘ropes’ toward hā-ʿîr hahi {הָעִיר הַהִיא | hā-ʿîr hahi} ‘that city’.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:13
And if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the stream until not even a pebble is found there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:13, 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 Sam.17.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.13.W5.S1) and character.