Genesis 19:21:11Gen.19.21.W11TAB
אֶת־הָעִ֖יר
ethair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-IR
- Extended
- eht-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haː.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
hof-KI et-ha-IR
- clause
le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta
Exegesis
The marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introduces et-ha-ir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr} ‘the city’, and the relative clause asher dibarta {אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ | ʾă-šer dib-bar-tā} ‘which you have spoken of’ further defines it. The English rendering preserves the logical progression from concession to extended request to promised restraint through clear connectors.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city, town”
In context — Genesis 19:21
And He said to him, “Behold, I have shown favor to you also concerning this matter , so that I will not overthrow the city which you have spoken of.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעִ֖יר (ethair) 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.19.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.21.W11.S1) and character.