Deuteronomy 21:3:2Deut.21.3.W2TAB
הָעִ֔יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- hah-EER
- IPA
- /haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA ha-IR
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-IR hak-ke-ro-VA el-he-kha-LAL
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-IR hak-ke-ro-VA el-he-kha-LAL ve-laK-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU eg-LAT ba-KAR a-SHER lo-u-ba-D BAH a-SHER lo-mash-KHA be-OL
Exegesis
The phrase ha‘ir haqerovah el-hechalal {הָעִ֔יר הַקְּרֹבָ֖ה אֶל־הֶחָלָ֑ל | hā-ʿîr ha-qə-rō-wāh ʾel-he-ḥā-lāl} ‘the city nearest to the slain’ features agreement between the feminine noun ha‘ir {הָעִ֔יר | hā-ʿîr} and the adjective haqerovah {הַקְּרֹבָ֖ה | ha-qə-rō-wāh}.
The vav-consecutive verb velaqechu {וְלָֽקְח֡וּ | wə-lā-qa-ḥû} ‘and they shall take’ introduces the action by ziknei ha‘ir hahi {זִקְנֵי הָעִ֨יר הַהִ֜וא | zīq-nê hā-ʿîr ha-hîʾ}, emphasizing collective responsibility.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-y-r
“city, settlement”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:3
And it shall be that the city nearest to the slain shall have the elders of that city take a heifer of cattle which has not been worked , which has not been yoked .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 21:3, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֔יר (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.21.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.3.W2.S1) and character.