Numbers 24:18:6Num.24.18.W6TAB

שֵׂעִ֖יר

seir

Seir

Transliteration
se-IR
Extended
seh-EER
IPA
/seˈʔiːr/

Meaning by language

English
Seir

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Result
שֵׂ + עִ֖יר
se + ir
seir

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-IR

  2. clause

    ve-ha-YA e-DOM ye-re-SHA ve-ha-YA ye-re-SHA se-IR oi-ve-VAV

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA e-DOM ye-re-SHA ve-ha-YA ye-re-SHA se-IR oi-ve-VAV ve-yis-ra-EL o-SEH KHA-yil

Root and etymology

‘-y-rayin-yod-resh

city, town

In contextNumbers 24:18

And Edom will become a possession , and Seir will become a possession; but Israel will accomplish valor .

About this coordinate

Numbers 24:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 24:18, so the Hebrew word שֵׂעִ֖יר (seir) 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 Num.24.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.18.W6.S1) and character.