Judges 20:11:4Judg.20.11.W4TAB
אֶל־הָעִ֔יר
elhair
“to the city”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-IR
- Extended
- ehl-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ha-IR
- sentence
va-ye-a-SEF kol-ISH yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ke-ISH e-KHAD kha-ve-RIM
Exegesis
The directional unit ’el-hā-‘îr {אֶל־הָעִיר | ʾel-hā-‘îr} marks “to the city,” situating the assembly.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city”
In context — Judges 20:11
And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city as one man, united as companions .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָעִ֔יר (elhair) 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.20.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.11.W4.S1) and character.