Jonah 3:2:4Jonah.3.2.W4TAB
הָעִ֣יר
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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Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-IR ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
KUM LEKH el-ni-n-VE ha-IR ha-ge-do-LA
- sentence
KUM LEKH el-ni-n-VE ha-IR ha-ge-do-LA u-ik-RA e-LE-ha et-ha-ke-ri-A a-SHER a-no-KHI do-VER e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The compounds ha-ir {הָעִיר | hā‧ʿîr} ‘the city’ and ha-gedolah {הַגְּדוֹלָה | ha‧gə‧dō‧lāh} ‘the great’ heighten the city’s prominence.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Yod–Resh
“city, settlement”
In context — Jonah 3:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call to her the proclamation that I am speaking to you.
About this coordinate
Jonah 3:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jonah 3:2, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֣יר (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 Jonah.3.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.3.2.W4.S1) and character.