Judges 18:29:2Judg.18.29.W2TAB
שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙
shemhaiir
“the name of the city”
- Transliteration
- shem-ha-IIR
- Extended
- sheem-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʃeːm.haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
shem-ha-IIR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR
- clause
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL ve-u-LAM LA-yish shem-ha-IIR la-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The construct pairing shem-ha-ir {שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ | šēm hāʿîr} ‘name of the city’ functions as the direct object.
The adversative veulam {וְאוּלָ֛ם | wəʾūlām} ‘but/however’ introduces contrast, and the temporal phrase la-Yish shem-ha-ir larishonah {לַיִשׁ שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה | laYîš šēm hāʿîr lārîʾšōnāh} ‘to Laish the name of the city formerly’ highlights the prior designation.
In context — Judges 18:29
They named the city Dan , after Dan their father who was born to Israel; but the city had previously been called Laish .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:29, so the Hebrew word שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ (shemhaiir) 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.18.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.29.W2.S1) and character.