Judges 16:3:10Judg.16.3.W10TAB
שַֽׁעַר־הָעִיר֙
shaarhair
“the gate of the city”
- Transliteration
- SHA-ar-ha-IR
- Extended
- SHAH-ahr-haa-EER
- IPA
- /ˈʃa.ʕar.haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the gate of the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
SHA-ar-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR
- clause
va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV va-ya-a-LEM el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI khev-RON
Exegesis
The construct be-daltōṯ ša‘ar-hā’îr {בְּדַלְת֤וֹת שַׁעַר־הָעִיר | be-daltōṯ ša‘ar-hā’îr} “doors of the city gate” precisely names the elements removed, while the dual û-vištey hammezûzôt {וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת | û-vištey hammezûzôt} “in two doorposts,” plus the prepositional phrase ʿim-habbərîaḥ {עִֽם־הַבְּרִ֔יחַ | ʿim-habbərîaḥ} “with the bolt,” complete the object.
Root and etymology
“hair”
In context — Judges 16:3
Samson lay down until midnight, and then he arose and grasped the doors of the city gate along with the two doorposts, carried them together with the bolt, placed them on his shoulders, and brought them up to the top of the mountain that faces Hebron .
About this coordinate
Judges 16:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:3, so the Hebrew word שַֽׁעַר־הָעִיר֙ (shaarhair) 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 Judg.16.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.3.W10.S1) and character.