Judges 19:17:7Judg.19.17.W7TAB

הָעִ֑יר

hair

of the city

Transliteration
ha-IR
Extended
haa-EER
IPA
/haˈʕiːr/

Meaning by language

English
of the city

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + עִ֑יר
ha + ir
hair

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-IR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bir-KHOv ha-IR

  3. clause

    va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR

  4. sentence

    va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO

Exegesis

The locative birchov ha-ir {בִּרְחֹ֣ב הָעִ֑יר | bi-rḥôv hā-ʿîr} ‘public square of the city’ uses a prepositional construct to situate the scene.

Root and etymology

ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh

city

In contextJudges 19:17

And he lifted his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”

About this coordinate

Judges 19:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 19:17, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֑יר (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.19.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.17.W7.S1) and character.