Deuteronomy 20:10:2Deut.20.10.W2TAB
אֶל־עִ֔יר
eleer
“to a city”
- Transliteration
- el-EER
- Extended
- ehl-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a 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 | |
| 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-EER
- phraseyour reading level
kee-tik-RAV el-EER
- clause
kee-tik-RAV el-EER le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA
- sentence
kee-tik-RAV el-EER le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA ve-ka-RA-ta e-le-HA le-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-ir {אֶל־עִיר | ʾel–ʿîr} designates the city as the object.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–yod–resh
“urban center”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:10
When you come near a city to wage war against it, you shall call to it with an offer of peace .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 20:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עִ֔יר (eleer) 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.20.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.10.W2.S1) and character.