Numbers 24:18:6Num.24.18.W6TAB
שֵׂעִ֖יר
seir
“Seir”
- Transliteration
- se-IR
- Extended
- seh-EER
- IPA
- /seˈʔiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Seir
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
se-IR
- clause
ve-ha-YA e-DOM ye-re-SHA ve-ha-YA ye-re-SHA se-IR oi-ve-VAV
- 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 context — Numbers 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.