Deuteronomy 13:15:4Deut.13.15.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:16
הָעִיר
hair
“of the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- hah-EER
- IPA
- /haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-IR
- sentence
ha-KEH ta-KEH ET-YO-shvei ha-IR ha-HU ha-HI le-FI-KHA-rev ha-kha-REM o-TAH ve-ET-KOL-a-SHER-VAH ve-ET-be-hem-TAH le-FI-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The demonstrative ha-hi {הַהִוא | ha-hîʾ} identifies the city ha-ir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr}.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:15
You must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city by the sword and utterly destroy the city by the ban , including all that is in it and its livestock.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 13:15, so the Hebrew word הָעִיר (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 Deut.13.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.15.W4.S1) and character.