Genesis 19:12:12Gen.19.12.W12TAB
בָּעִ֑יר
bair
“in the city”
- Transliteration
- ba-IR
- Extended
- bah-EER
- IPA
- /baː.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-IR
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM el-LOT OD mi-le-KHA FO kha-TAN u-va-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-KHOL a-sher-le-KHA ba-IR
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM el-LOT OD mi-le-KHA FO kha-TAN u-va-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-KHOL a-sher-le-KHA ba-IR ho-TSE min-ha-ma-KOM
Exegesis
A list of kinship terms—ḥaṭan {חָתָן | ḥā·ṭān}, u·vaneḥa {וּבָנֶיךָ | ū·bā·ne·kā}, u·venoteḥa {וּבְנֹתֶיךָ | ū·və·nō·te·kā}—is followed by wə·kōl ʾa·šer-le-kha {וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֖ | wə·kōl ʾa·šer-lə·kā}, expanding the reference to all belonging to Lot in bā·ʿîr {בָּעִ֑יר | bā·ʿîr}.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city, town”
In context — Genesis 19:12
Then the men said to Lot, “Do you still have anyone here—your son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and anyone who belongs to you in the city? Bring them out of this place.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:12, so the Hebrew word בָּעִ֑יר (bair) 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 Gen.19.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.12.W12.S1) and character.