Joshua 21:32:3Josh.21.32.W3TAB
אֶת־עִ֣יר
etir
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ET-IR
- Extended
- EET-EER
- IPA
- /ʔeːtˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ET-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh
- clause
u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM sha-LOSH
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes the legal term ʿîr miqlátt hārōṣêaḥ {עִ֣יר מִקְלַ֣ט הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ | ʿîr miq-lát hā-rō-ṣê-ʻaḥ}, “city of refuge for the manslayer.” The definite article on hārōṣêaḥ signals a class of persons rather than an individual.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city, town”
In context — Joshua 21:32
And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the manslayer , namely Kedesh in Galilee with its pastureland, Hammoth Dor with its pastureland, and Kartan with its pastureland—three cities in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:32, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עִ֣יר (etir) 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.21.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.32.W3.S1) and character.