Isaiah 22:2:5Isa.22.2.W5TAB
קִרְיָ֖ה
kirya
“town”
- Transliteration
- kir-YA
- Extended
- kihr-YAA
- IPA
- /qirˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- town
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kir-YA
- clause
te-shu-OT me-le-A IR ho-mi-YA kir-YA a-li-ZA
- sentence
te-shu-OT me-le-A IR ho-mi-YA kir-YA a-li-ZA kha-la-LA-yikh LO khal-le-KHE-rev ve-LO me-TE mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The paired nouns ir {עִ֚יר | ʿîr} and kiryah {קִרְיָ֖ה | qir-yāh}, modified by the adjectives homiyah {הֽוֹמִיָּ֔ה | hō-miy-yāh} ‘noisy’ and allizah {עַלִּיזָ֑ה | ʿăl-lî-zāh} ‘joyous,’ form a synonymous parallelism emphasizing both agitation and festivity.
In context — Isaiah 22:2
Full of shoutings, a noisy city, a joyous town; your slain were not slain by the sword, nor did they die in battle.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 22:2, so the Hebrew word קִרְיָ֖ה (kirya) 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.22.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.2.W5.S1) and character.