Deuteronomy 22:17:15Deut.22.17.W15TAB
הָעִיר׃
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- hah-EER
- IPA
- /haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
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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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Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- sentence
ve-hi-NE-HU a-le-HA-SHEM al-de-va-RIM le-MOR lo-ma-TSA-ti le-vit-KHA be-tu-LIM ve-E-le be-tu-LEI bi-TI u-par-SU ha-sim-LA lif-NEI zik-NEI ha-IR
Exegesis
The conjunction veelleh {וְאֵלֶּה | wə-ʾê-leh} ‘and these’ introduces the rejoinder betulei biti {בְּתוּלֵי בִתִּי | bə-tû-lê biṭ-ṭî} ‘tokens of my daughter’s virginity’, which is then ufarshu hasimlah {וּפָרְשׂוּ הַשִּׂמְלָה | ū-pār-ŝû ha-śim-lāh} ‘spread out the garment’ before lifnei ziknei ha’ir {לִפְנֵי זִקְנֵי הָעִיר | lif-nê ziqq-nē ha-ʾîr} ‘the elders of the city’. The sequence of perfect verbs and construct chains frames a legal proceeding: the husband’s assertion is presented, the wife’s evidence is disclosed, and the physical display of the garment before city elders provides judicial verification.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:17
And behold, he has brought accusations, saying, ‘I did not find your daughter a virgin.’ And these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. Then they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 22:17, 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.22.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.17.W15.S1) and character.