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

Result
הָ + עִ֖יר
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

    ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR

  3. clause

    ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR ve-ET-kha-tse-RE-ha

  4. 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 contextJoshua 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.