Judges 19:15:9Judg.19.15.W9TAB
הָעִ֔יר
hair
“of the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-EER
- IPA
- /haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
bir-khov ha-IR
- clause
va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
Exegesis
The expression birrāḥōv hā‘îr {בִּרְחֹב הָעִיר | bir-rā-ḥōv hā-‘îr} ‘in the open square of the city’ denotes a public gathering place.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city”
In context — Judges 19:15
So they turned aside there to enter and lodge in Gibeah , and he went and sat in the open square of the city, but there was no man to receive them into his house to lodge.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 19:15, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֔יר (hair) 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.19.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.15.W9.S1) and character.