Ezekiel 17:4:8Ezek.17.4.W8TAB
בְּעִ֥יר
beir
“in a city”
- Transliteration
- be-IR
- Extended
- beh-EER
- IPA
- /bəˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-IR
- phraseyour reading level
be-IR ro-khe-LIM
- clause
va-ye-vi-E-HU el-E-rets ke-NA-an be-IR ro-khe-LIM SA-mo
- sentence
ET ROSH ye-ni-KO-ta-yv ka-TAF va-ye-vi-E-HU el-E-rets ke-NA-an be-IR ro-khe-LIM SA-mo
Exegesis
The prepositional clause el {אֶל־ | ʾel} eretz {אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾe-reṣ} kenaʿan {כְּנַ֔עַן | kə-na-ʿan} indicates movement into Canaan, while beir {בְּעִ֥יר | bə-ʿîr} rochlim {רֹכְלִ֖ים | rōḵ-lîm} ‘in a city of merchants’ establishes the commercial setting.
In context — Ezekiel 17:4
He plucked the very top of its young shoots and brought it to the land of Canaan; in a city of merchants he set it.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 17:4, so the Hebrew word בְּעִ֥יר (beir) 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 Ezek.17.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.4.W8.S1) and character.