2 Samuel 19:37:42 Sam.19.37.W4TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:38
בְּעִירִ֔י
beiri
“in my city”
- Transliteration
- be-i-RI
- Extended
- beh-ih-REE
- IPA
- /bəʕiˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in my city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-i-RI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MUT be-i-RI
- clause
ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha ve-a-MUT be-i-RI IM KE-ver a-VI ve-i-MI
- sentence
ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha ve-a-MUT be-i-RI IM KE-ver a-VI ve-i-MI ve-hi-NE av-DE-kha khim-HEM ya-a-VOR im-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh va-a-SE-LO ET a-sher-TOV be-e-NE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases be’iri {בְּעִירִי | bə-ʿîr-î} ‘in my city’ and im-kever {עִם־קֶבֶר | im-qe-ḇer} ‘with the grave’, joined to avi ve-imi {אָבִי וְאִמִּי | ʾā-vî wə-imm-î}, form a location clause expressing filial burial desire.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-r
“city, settlement”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:37
Let your servant please remain, that I may die in my city beside the grave of my father and my mother. And behold your servant Kimham —let him cross over with my lord the king and do for him whatever is good in your eyes.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:37:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 19:37, so the Hebrew word בְּעִירִ֔י (beiri) 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.19.37.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.37.W4.S1) and character.