2 Samuel 20:16:42 Sam.20.16.W4TAB
מִן־הָעִ֑יר
minhair
“from the city”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-Ir
- Extended
- mihn-haa-EER
- IPA
- /min.haː.ʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
min-ha-Ir
- clause
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir
- sentence
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir shim-E-U shim-E-U im-ru-NA el-yo-AV ke-RAV ad-HE-na va-a-dab-be-RA e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The subject ishah chachamah {אִשָּׁה חֲכָמָה | ʾiš-šāh ḥă-ḵā-mâ} ‘a wise woman’ precedes her origin in the prepositional phrase min-ha’ir {מִן־הָעִיר | min-hā-ʾîr} ‘from the city’, highlighting both identity and locale.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:16
And a wise woman called out from the city, “Hear! Hear! Say to Joab, ‘Come near here, and let me speak to you.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָעִ֑יר (minhair) 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.20.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.16.W4.S1) and character.