2 Samuel 20:21:182 Sam.20.21.W18TAB

הָעִ֑יר

hair

the city

Transliteration
ha-IR
Extended
haa-EER
IPA
/haːˈʕiːr/

Meaning by language

English
the city

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + עִ֑יר
ha + ir
hair

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-IR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-AL ha-IR

  3. clause

    lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR

  4. sentence

    lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA

Root and etymology

ע־י־ר

city

In context2 Samuel 20:21

The matter is not so. For a man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. “Hand him over alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:21:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 20:21, 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.20.21.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.21.W18.S1) and character.