Isaiah 23:16:4Isa.23.16.W4TAB
עִ֖יר
ir
“a city”
- Transliteration
- IR
- Extended
- EER
- IPA
- /ʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
so-BI IR
- clause
ke-KHI khi-NOR so-BI IR zo-NA ni-she-kha-KHA
- sentence
ke-KHI khi-NOR so-BI IR zo-NA ni-she-kha-KHA he-ti-VI na-GEN har-BI-SHIR le-MA-an tiz-za-KHE-ri
In context — Isaiah 23:16
Take a harp, go around the city, O forgotten harlot , play music well, sing countless songs , so that you may be remembered.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 23:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 23:16, so the Hebrew word עִ֖יר (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.23.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.16.W4.S1) and character.