Genesis 19:21:11Gen.19.21.W11PAT

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
المدينة
Hindi
उस नगर
Chinese-Simplified
那城
Korean
그 성읍
Indonesian
kota
Bengali
নগরীটি
Tagalog
ang lungsod
Swahili
jiji
Amharic
ከተማይቱ
Yoruba
ìlú náà
Igbo
obodo ahụ
Twi
kurow no
Ewe
du la

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Result
אֶת + הָ + עִ֖יר
et + ha + ir
ethair

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
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

    et-ha-IR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hof-KI et-ha-IR

  3. clause

    le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta

In contextGenesis 19:21

He said to him Behold I have lifted up your face to the matter this also so as not to overthrow the city you spoke of which

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:21, 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.19.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.21.W11.S1) and character.