Zechariah 14:2:6Zech.14.2.W6TAB
הָעִ֗יר
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- haa-IHR
- IPA
- /wənilxəˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nil-khe-DA ha-IR
- clause
ve-a-SAF-ti et-KOL-ha-go-YIM el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lam-mil-kha-MA ve-nil-khe-DA ha-IR ve-na-SAS-su ha-bba-TIM ve-han-na-SHIM te-she-gal-NA tish-sha-KHAV-na
- sentence
ve-a-SAF-ti et-KOL-ha-go-YIM el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lam-mil-kha-MA ve-nil-khe-DA ha-IR ve-na-SAS-su ha-bba-TIM ve-han-na-SHIM te-she-gal-NA tish-sha-KHAV-na ve-ya-TSA kha-TSI ha-IR bag-go-LA ve-YE-ter ha-AM LO yik-ka-RET min-ha-IR
Exegesis
The coordination veyatsa chatzi ha-ir ba-golah {וְיָצָא חֲצִי הָעִיר בַּגּוֹלָה | wə-yā-ṣāʾ ḥă-ṣî ha-ʿîr ba-gō-lāh} continues the narrative with quantitative precision ‘half of the city goes into exile,’ while the adversative clause veyeter ha-am lo yikaret min ha-ir {וְיֶתֶר הָעָם לֹא יִכָּרֵת מִן־הָעִיר | wə-ye-ter ha-ʿām lōʾ yi-kā-rēt min-ha-ʿîr} ‘but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city’ contrasts judgment with the promise of preservation.
The repetition of ha-ir {הָעִיר | ha-ʿîr} ‘the city’ bookends the passage, reinforcing the prophecy’s focal point.
In context — Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women will be violated, and half of the city will go out into exile , but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 14:2, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֗יר (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 Zech.14.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.2.W6.S1) and character.