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
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
min-ha-IR
- clause
HE-rev le-ha-a-lo-TAM mas-e-AT he-a-SHAN min-ha-IR
- 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 context — Judges 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.