Judges 19:12:6Judg.19.12.W6TAB
אֶל־עִ֣יר
elir
“to a city of”
- Transliteration
- el-IR
- Extended
- eh l-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a city of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-IR
- phraseyour reading level
el-IR na-khe-RI
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na ve-a-VAR-nu ad-giv-A
Exegesis
The clause lo nāsûr el-ʿîr nōḵrî {לֹא נָסוּר אֶל־עִיר נָכְרִי | lōʾ nāsûr ʾel-ʿîr nōḵrî} employs a Qal imperfect first person plural to express refusal to divert toward a non-Israelite town.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city”
In context — Judges 19:12
And his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a foreign city , which is not of the sons of Israel; instead, we will proceed on to Gibeah.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 19:12, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עִ֣יר (elir) 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.19.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.12.W6.S1) and character.