Judges 20:38:10Judg.20.38.W10TAB

מִן־הָעִֽיר׃

minhair

from the city

Transliteration
min-ha-IR
Extended
mihn-hah-EER
IPA
/min.haˈʕiːr/

Meaning by language

English
from the city

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִן + הָ + עִֽיר׃
min + ha + ir
minhair

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end
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

    min-ha-IR

  2. clause

    HE-rev le-ha-a-lo-TAM mas-e-AT he-a-SHAN min-ha-IR

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-mo-ED ha-YA le-ISH yis-ra-EL im-ha-o-REV HE-rev le-ha-a-lo-TAM mas-e-AT he-a-SHAN min-ha-IR

Exegesis

Finally, min-ha’ir {מִן־הָעִֽיר | min-hā-ʿîr} locates the origin. The sequence of prepositional and construct relationships creates a clear causal flow with no extra participants implied.

Root and etymology

ʿ-y-r

city

In contextJudges 20:38

Now the signal between the men of Israel and those lying in ambush was this: they were to raise a great cloud of smoke from the city.

About this coordinate

Judges 20:38:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:38, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָעִֽיר׃ (minhair) 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.20.38.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.38.W10.S1) and character.