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H5892 · עִיר

ʻîyr

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Strong’s definition

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

KJV gloss list in the source

Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Source pronunciation notation: eer

Derivation recorded by Strong

or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עוּר)

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