Deuteronomy 21:6:3Deut.21.6.W3TAB
הָעִ֣יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-EER
- IPA
- /haːˈʕiːr/
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
ha-IR ha-HU
- clause
ve-KOL zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU hak-ke-ro-VIM el-he-kha-LAL
- sentence
ve-KOL zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU hak-ke-ro-VIM el-he-kha-LAL yir-kha-TZU et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH va-NA-khal
Exegesis
This is followed by the construct sequence ziknei ha’ir hahi {זִקְנֵי֙ הָעִיר הַהִוא | zi-qə-nê hà-ʿîr hà-hîʾ} ‘elders of that city,’ which the participle hakrovim el-he-chalal {הַקְּרֹבִים אֶל־הֶחָלָל | ha-qə-rô-vîm ʾel hè-ḥā-lāl} ‘those near to the slain man’ further specifies.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-y-r
“city, settlement”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:6
And all the elders of that city, those nearest to the slain one, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 21:6, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֣יר (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.21.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.6.W3.S1) and character.