Jeremiah 21:4:25Jer.21.4.W25TAB

הָעִ֥יר

hair

the city

Transliteration
ha-IR
Extended
haa-EER
IPA
/haːˈʕiːr/

Meaning by language

English
the city

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + עִ֥יר
ha + ir
hair

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-IR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-IR ha-ZOT

  3. clause

    ve-a-saf-TI o-TAM el-TOKH ha-IR ha-ZOT

  4. sentence

    KO-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NI me-SEV et-ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA a-SHER be-yed-KHEM a-SHER a-TEM nil-kha-MIM BAM et-ME-lekh ba-VEL ve-et-ha-kas-DIM ha-tsa-RIM a-LE-khem mi-KHUTS la-kho-MA ve-a-saf-TI o-TAM el-TOKH ha-IR ha-ZOT

Root and etymology

Rootayin–yod–resh

city

In contextJeremiah 21:4

Thus says the LORD God of Israel : Behold, I am turning back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 21:4:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Jeremiah 21:4, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֥יר (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.21.4.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.4.W25.S1) and character.