Genesis 11:5:4Gen.11.5.W4PAT
אֶת־הָעִ֖יר
ethair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-IR
- Extended
- eht-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haː.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
- French
- la ville
- Spanish
- la ciudad
- Portuguese
- a cidade
- German
- die Stadt
- Russian
- город
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمَدِينَةَ
- Hindi
- नगर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那座城
- Korean
- 그 도시를
- Indonesian
- kota itu
- Bengali
- নগরটি
- Tagalog
- ang lungsod
- Swahili
- mji huo
- Amharic
- ከተማዋን
- Yoruba
- ìlú náà
- Igbo
- obodo ahụ
- Twi
- kurow no
- Ewe
- du la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
li-re-OT et-ha-IR
- clause
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH li-re-OT et-ha-IR ve-et-ha-mig-DAL
- sentence
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH li-re-OT et-ha-IR ve-et-ha-mig-DAL a-SHER ba-NU be-NEI ha-a-DAM
In context — Genesis 11:5
LORD {And} descended to look at the city and the tower which sons of humanity built
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 11:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעִ֖יר (ethair) 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 Gen.11.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.5.W4.S1) and character.