Genesis 18:24:6Gen.18.24.W6PAT

הָעִ֑יר

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
der Stadt
Russian
города
Arabic-Simplified
المدينة
Hindi
नगर
Chinese-Simplified
城中
Korean
성읍
Indonesian
kota
Bengali
নগরটির
Tagalog
lungsod
Swahili
mji
Amharic
ከተማው
Yoruba
ìlú
Igbo
obodo
Twi
kurow no mu
Ewe
du la me

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Result
הָ + עִ֑יר
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

    be-TOKH ha-IR

  3. clause

    u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR

  4. sentence

    u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH

In contextGenesis 18:24

perhaps fifty righteous ones within the city there are indeed will you sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of fifty the righteous ones who are in it

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:24, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֑יר (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.18.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.24.W6.S1) and character.