What does עִיר · הוּא mean in the Bible?
עִיר · הוּא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )".
Hebrew · H5892, H1931
הָעִיר הַהִוא
A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post ) · he ( she or it ); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self , or (especially with the article) the same ; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that ; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
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עִיר H5892 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )
הוּא H1931 he ( she or it ); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self , or (especially with the article) the same ; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that ; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Pronunciation hûʾ
Third person pronoun functioning as copula substitute; carries emphatic force when expressed rather than inflected in verb.
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What does הָעִיר הַהִוא (ha'ir hahi) mean in the Bible?
עִיר · הוּא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5892, H1931?
H5892, H1931 is connected to 2,984 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )
Strong's H5892, H1931
Lexical occurrences 2,984 verses Source Gloss
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
הָעִיר הַהִוא is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain