Jeremiah 15:8:14Jer.15.8.W14TAB
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
IR
- clause
hi-pal-TI a-LE-ha pit-OM IR u-ve-ha-LOT
- sentence
a-tse-MU-li al-me-no-TAV me-KHOL yam-MIM he-VE-ti la-HEM al-EM ba-KHUR sho-DED ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM hi-pal-TI a-LE-ha pit-OM IR u-ve-ha-LOT
Exegesis
Finally, the pairing ir uvehalot {עִיר וּבֶהָלוֹת | ʿîr û-ḇe-hā-lōṯ} juxtaposes the literal city and emotional terror, highlighting both physical ruin and psychological panic.
In context — Jeremiah 15:8
Their widows have become more numerous than the sand of the seas; at noon I have brought against the mothers of the young men a destroyer, and I have caused anguish and terrors to fall suddenly upon her.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 15:8, 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 Jer.15.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.8.W14.S1) and character.