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