Deuteronomy 22:15:9Deut.22.15.W9TAB
הָעִיר
hair
“of the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- hah-EER
- IPA
- /haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
- clause
ve-ho-TSI-u et-be-tu-LEI ha-na-AR el-zik-NEI ha-IR ha-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH a-VI ha-na-AR ve-im-MAH ve-ho-TSI-u et-be-tu-LEI ha-na-AR el-zik-NEI ha-IR ha-SHA-ar
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ’el-zik-nê {אֶל־זִקְנֵי | ’el-zik-nê} ‘to elders-of’ leads to hā-’îr ha-ša-‘ā-rāh {הָעִיר הַשָּׁעְרָה | hā-’îr ha-ša-‘ā-rāh} ‘the city at the gate’, denoting the public forum for legal claims. In English, the vav-consecutive is rendered with future/modal constructions to preserve narrative flow, and construct chains are handled through possessive and prepositional phrases.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:15
Then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the tokens of virginity of the young woman to the elders of the city at the gate.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 22:15, so the Hebrew word הָעִיר (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.22.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.15.W9.S1) and character.