Joshua 20:4:8Josh.20.4.W8TAB
הָעִ֔יר
hair
“of the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- hah-EER
- IPA
- /ha.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
SHA-ar ha-IR
- clause
ve-NAS el-AKHAT me-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH ve-a-MAD PE-taKH SHA-ar ha-IR ve-di-BER be-oz-NEI zik-NEI-ha-IR ha-HI et-de-va-RAV
- sentence
ve-NAS el-AKHAT me-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH ve-a-MAD PE-taKH SHA-ar ha-IR ve-di-BER be-oz-NEI zik-NEI-ha-IR ha-HI et-de-va-RAV ve-os-FU o-TO ha-i-RAH a-lei-HEM ve-nat-NU-LO ma-KOM ve-ya-SHAV im-MAM
Exegesis
The double construct phrase petach sha’ar ha-ir {פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הָעִיר | pē-ṭaḥ sha-ʿar hā-ʿîr} ‘entrance of the city gate’ precisely locates the appearance. The indirect object be-oznei ziknei ha-ir ‘before the city elders’ marks the formal hearing. The participles ve-asfu and ve-natnu delineate the elders’ active role in admitting and accommodating the fugitive, highlighting communal responsibility. The technical term makom conveys official asylum, and the locative immam denotes integration among the city’s inhabitants. English preserves the sequential connectors and formal register to reflect the ancient legal procedure.
In context — Joshua 20:4
And he shall flee to one of these cities , and shall stand at the entrance of the city gate and speak in the ears of the elders of that city his words; and they shall bring him into the city to themselves and give him a place , and he shall dwell with them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 20:4, 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 Josh.20.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.4.W8.S1) and character.