2 Samuel 20:15:92 Sam.20.15.W9TAB
אֶל־הָעִ֔יר
elhair
“to the city”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-IR
- Extended
- ehl-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ha.ʕiːr/
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
- clause
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER et-yo-AV mash-khi-TIM le-ha-PIL ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The noun solelah {סֹלְלָה | so-le-lah} “siege ramp” takes the prepositional phrase el ha’ir {אֶל־הָעִיר | ʾel ha-ʿir} to indicate direction towards the city.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:15
And they came and besieged him at Abel Beth Maakah, and they built up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood at the outer defenses. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to break it down .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 20:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָעִ֔יר (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.20.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.15.W9.S1) and character.