Joshua 21:12:2Josh.21.12.W2TAB
הָעִ֖יר
hair
“of the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-EER
- IPA
- /haːˈʕiːr/
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR
- clause
ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR ve-ET-kha-tse-RE-ha
- sentence
ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR ve-ET-kha-tse-RE-ha nat-NU le-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH ba-a-khu-za-TO
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–yod–resh
“city”
In context — Joshua 21:12
But they gave the field of the city and its villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:12, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֖יר (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.21.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.12.W2.S1) and character.