Leviticus 25:33:6Lev.25.33.W6TAB
וְעִ֥יר
veeer
“city”
- Transliteration
- ve-EER
- Extended
- veh-EER
- IPA
- /vəˈʕir/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-EER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EER a-khu-za-TO
- clause
va-a-SHER yig-AL min-hal-vi-YEEM ve-ya-TSA mim-KAR-BA-yit ve-EER a-khu-za-TO ba-yo-VEL
- sentence
va-a-SHER yig-AL min-hal-vi-YEEM ve-ya-TSA mim-KAR-BA-yit ve-EER a-khu-za-TO ba-yo-VEL KI ba-TEE a-REE hal-vi-YEEM HI a-khu-za-TAM be-TOKH be-NEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The coordinate verb wə-yāṣāʾ governs mimmək̓ār bayit {מִמְכַּר־בַּיִת | mimmək̓ār bayit} and wə-ʿîr ʾăḥuzzātô {וְעִיר אֲחֻזָּתָ֖וֹ | wə-ʿîr ʾăḥuzzātô} as its objects, marking the sold house and city that “go out.”
In context — Leviticus 25:33
And if one of the Levites redeems it, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee , for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their inheritance among the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 25:33, so the Hebrew word וְעִ֥יר (veeer) 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 Lev.25.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.33.W6.S1) and character.