Jeremiah 19:8:2Jer.19.8.W2TAB
אֶת־הָעִ֣יר
ethair
“{direct object marker} the city”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-IR
- Extended
- eht-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-IR ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-sam-TI et-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-sham-MA ve-lish-re-KA
- sentence
ve-sam-TI et-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-sham-MA ve-lish-re-KA KOL o-VER a-LE-ha yish-SOM ve-yish-ROK al-KAL-ma-KO-te-ha
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes the definite noun phrase haʿir hazot {הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | hā-ʿîr haz-zōṯ} ‘this city’.
In context — Jeremiah 19:8
And I will make this city a desolation and a hissing ; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעִ֣יר (ethair) 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.19.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.8.W2.S1) and character.