Nehemiah 13:18:12Neh.13.18.W12TAB
הָעִ֣יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-EER
- IPA
- /haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
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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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Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-IR ha-ZOT
- clause
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-TEM mo-si-FIM kha-RON al-yis-ra-EL le-kha-LEL et-ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
A Vav-consecutive clause with vayyave {וַיָּבֵא | way·yā·ḇē} ‘and he brought’ introduces Eloheinu {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nû} ‘our God’ as the agent, followed by aleinu {עָלֵינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nû} ‘upon us’ and ve’al ha‘ir hazot {וְעַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | wə·‘al hā·‘îr ha·zō·ṯ} ‘and upon this city’.
In context — Nehemiah 13:18
Is it not thus that your fathers acted, and our God brought all this calamity upon us and upon this city? Yet you are adding wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Nehemiah 13:18, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֣יר (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 Neh.13.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.18.W12.S1) and character.