Joshua 21:42:4Josh.21.42.W4TAB
עִ֣יר
ir
“a city”
- Transliteration
- IR
- Extended
- EER
- IPA
- /ˈʕir/
Meaning by language
- English
- a city
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
IR
- phraseyour reading level
IR IR
- clause
tih-yei-NAH he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh IR IR u-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
- sentence
tih-yei-NAH he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh IR IR u-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha KEN le-KHOL-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
Exegesis
The repeated noun ʿîr {עִיר | ʿîr} ‘city’ emphasizes individual provision.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–yod–resh
“city”
In context — Joshua 21:42
These cities shall be each with its pasturelands surrounding it, thus for all these cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:42:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:42, so the Hebrew word עִ֣יר (ir) 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.21.42.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.42.W4.S1) and character.