Deuteronomy 21:6:3Deut.21.6.W3PAT

הָעִ֣יר

hair

the city

Transliteration
ha-IR
Extended
haa-EER
IPA
/haːˈʕiːr/

Meaning by language

English
the city
French
la ville
Spanish
la ciudad
Portuguese
a cidade
German
die Stadt
Russian
город
Arabic-Simplified
المدينة
Hindi
शहर
Chinese-Simplified
城市
Korean
그 도시
Indonesian
kota itu
Bengali
শহরটি
Tagalog
ang lungsod
Swahili
mji
Amharic
ከተማው
Yoruba
ìlú
Igbo
obodo
Twi
kurow no
Ewe
du

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Result
הָ + עִ֣יר
ha + ir
hair

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
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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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-IR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-IR ha-HU

  3. clause

    veh-KHOL zik-NEE ha-IR ha-HU hak-ke-ro-VEEM el-he-kha-LAL

  4. sentence

    veh-KHOL zik-NEE ha-IR ha-HU hak-ke-ro-VEEM el-he-kha-LAL yir-kha-TZOO et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH ban-NA-khal

In contextDeuteronomy 21:6

and all elders of the city that the nearest to the slain one wash their hands over the heifer beheaded in the valley

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 21:6, 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 Deut.21.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.6.W3.S1) and character.