Jeremiah 14:18:7Jer.14.18.W7TAB
הָעִ֔יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-IHR
- IPA
- /haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ba-TI ha-IR
- clause
im-ya-TSA-ti ha-sa-DE ve-hin-NE khal-le-KHE-rev ve-IM ba-TI ha-IR ve-hin-NE ta-kha-lu-E ra-AV
- sentence
im-ya-TSA-ti ha-sa-DE ve-hin-NE khal-le-KHE-rev ve-IM ba-TI ha-IR ve-hin-NE ta-kha-lu-E ra-AV ki-gam-na-VI gam-ko-HEN sa-kha-RU el-E-rets ve-LO ya-DE-u
Exegesis
A parallel clause with ve-im {וְאִם֙ | wə-ʾim} and Qal perfect bati {בָּ֣אתִי | bā-ʾtî} ‘I entered’ with ha-ir {הָעִ֔יר | hā-ʿîr} ‘the city’ and vehinneh {וְהִנֵּ֖ה | wə-hin-nēh} frames tachallu'ei-ra'av {תַּחֲלוּאֵ֣י רָעָ֑ב | ta-ḥă-lu-ʾê rā-ʿāv} ‘diseases of famine.’
In context — Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out into the field, behold the slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold the diseases of famine! For both the prophet and the priest roam through the land and have no understanding .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 14:18, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֔יר (hair) 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 Jer.14.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.18.W7.S1) and character.