Deuteronomy 21:19:8Deut.21.19.W8TAB
עִיר֖וֹ
iro
“his city”
- Transliteration
- i-RO
- Extended
- ee-ROH
- IPA
- /ʕiˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-RO
- phraseyour reading level
el-zik-NEI i-RO
- clause
ve-ho-tsi-U o-TO el-zik-NEI i-RO ve-el-SHA-ar me-ko-MO
- sentence
ve-taf-SU BO a-VIV ve-im-MO ve-ho-tsi-U o-TO el-zik-NEI i-RO ve-el-SHA-ar me-ko-MO
Exegesis
The phrase el-ziknei iro {אֶל־זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ | ʾel-zi-qə-nê ʿîr-w} ‘to the elders of his city’ identifies the municipal authority.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–yod–resh
“city”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:19
Then his father and his mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 21:19, so the Hebrew word עִיר֖וֹ (iro) 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.21.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.19.W8.S1) and character.