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

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Result
הָ + עִֽיר׃
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

    li-ve-NOT ha-IR

  3. clause

    va-yakh-de-LU li-ve-NOT ha-IR

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.