Genesis 11:8:9Gen.11.8.W9PAT
הָעִֽיר׃
hair
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-IR
- Extended
- hah-EER
- IPA
- /haː.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
- French
- la ville
- Spanish
- la ciudad
- Portuguese
- a cidade
- German
- die Stadt
- Russian
- город
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمَدِينَةِ
- Hindi
- उस नगर को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那城
- Korean
- 그 성을
- Indonesian
- kota itu
- Bengali
- নগরটি
- Tagalog
- lungsod
- Swahili
- mji huo
- Amharic
- ከተማይቱን
- Yoruba
- ìlú náà
- Igbo
- obodo ahụ
- Twi
- kurow no
- Ewe
- du la
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
li-ve-NOT ha-IR
- clause
va-yakh-de-LU li-ve-NOT ha-IR
- sentence
va-ya-FETS Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mi-SHAM al-pe-NEI khol-ha-A-rets va-yakh-de-LU li-ve-NOT ha-IR
In context — Genesis 11:8
LORD scattered them from there over the surface of all the earth they ceased to build the city
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 11:8, so the Hebrew word הָעִֽיר׃ (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 Gen.11.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.8.W9.S1) and character.