Genesis 4:17:12Gen.4.17.W12PAT
הָעִ֔יר
haeer
“the city”
- Transliteration
- ha-EER
- 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
- الْمَدِينَةِ
- Hindi
- नगर का
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那城的
- Korean
- 그 도시의
- Indonesian
- kota itu
- Bengali
- নগরটির
- Tagalog
- ng lungsod
- Swahili
- mji
- Amharic
- የከተማው
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-EER
- phraseyour reading level
SHEM ha-EER
- clause
va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
- sentence
va-YE-da KA-yin et-ish-TO va-TA-har va-TE-led et-kha-NOKH va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
In context — Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife she conceived she bore Enoch he was building a city named the name of the city as the name of his son Enoch
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 4:17, so the Hebrew word הָעִ֔יר (haeer) 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.4.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.17.W12.S1) and character.