Isaiah 19:2:8Isa.19.2.W8TAB
עִ֣יר
ir
“city”
- Transliteration
- IR
- Extended
- EER
- IPA
- /ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
IR
- phraseyour reading level
IR be-IR
- clause
IR be-IR mam-la-KHA be-mam-la-KHA
- sentence
ve-sikh-sakh-TI mits-ra-YIM be-mits-ra-YIM ve-nil-kha-MU ish-be-a-KHIV ve-ISH be-re-E-HU IR be-IR mam-la-KHA be-mam-la-KHA
Exegesis
The repeated pattern ir beir {עִיר בְּעִיר | ʿîr bĕ-ʿîr} ‘city against city’ and mamlakah bemamlakah {מַמְלָכָה בְּמַמְלָכָה | mam-lā-ḵā bĕ-mam-lā-ḵā} ‘kingdom against kingdom’ extends the conflict from individuals to communities to nations through parallelism. The English structure mirrors the Hebrew parataxis and rhetorical escalation.
In context — Isaiah 19:2
And I will stir up the Egyptians against each other, and they will fight, each man against his brother and each man against his companion, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 19:2, so the Hebrew word עִ֣יר (ir) 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 Isa.19.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.2.W8.S1) and character.