Deuteronomy 20:19:2Deut.20.19.W2PAT
אֶל־עִיר֩
eleer
“against a city”
- Transliteration
- el-EER
- Extended
- el-EER
- IPA
- /ʔel.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- against a city
- French
- contre une ville
- Spanish
- contra una ciudad
- Portuguese
- contra uma cidade
- German
- gegen eine Stadt
- Russian
- против города
- Arabic-Simplified
- على مدينة
- Hindi
- एक नगर के विरुद्ध
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一座城
- Korean
- 한 성읍
- Indonesian
- melawan kota
- Bengali
- একটি নগরের বিরুদ্ধে
- Tagalog
- laban sa isang lungsod
- Swahili
- dhidi ya mji
- Amharic
- ከተማ
- Yoruba
- sí ìlú kan
- Igbo
- megide obodo
- Twi
- kurom bi ho
- Ewe
- du
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-EER
- phraseyour reading level
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MEEM ra-BIM
- clause
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MEEM ra-BIM leh-hil-la-KHEM a-LE-ha leh-taf-SAH loh-tash-KHIT et-eh-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mih-MEH-noo to-KHEL veh-oh-TOH LO tikh-ROT
- sentence
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MEEM ra-BIM leh-hil-la-KHEM a-LE-ha leh-taf-SAH loh-tash-KHIT et-eh-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mih-MEH-noo to-KHEL veh-oh-TOH LO tikh-ROT kee ha-a-DAM EITS hah-sa-DEH la-VO mih-pa-NEE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
In context — Deuteronomy 20:19
when you besiege against a city days many to fight against it to capture it you shall not destroy its trees to wield an axe against it for you may eat from it and it not you shall cut for the human tree of the field to come before you in the siege
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 20:19, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עִיר֩ (eleer) 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 Deut.20.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.19.W2.S1) and character.