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

Result
עִי + ר֖וֹ
i + ro
iro

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-RO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-zik-NEI i-RO

  3. clause

    ve-ho-tsi-U o-TO el-zik-NEI i-RO ve-el-SHA-ar me-ko-MO

  4. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.