H5892B–עִיר–ir

and Carmel and in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;

בְּעָרֵ֣י (עָרֵ֣י) 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”בְּעָרֵ֥י (עָרֵ֥י) 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for thems

הֶֽעָרִים֙ (עָרִים֙) 'a.Rim “cities”

Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

בְּעָרֵ֥י (עָרֵ֥י) 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

עִ֥יר 'ir “[is] [the] city of”

So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

עִ֣יר 'ir “[the] city of”

So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

עִ֣יר 'ir “[the] city of”

And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

עִ֥יר 'ir “[the] city of”

And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

עִ֣יר 'ir “[the] city of”

And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

הָעִ֛יר (עִ֛יר) 'Ir “city”

And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.

בְּעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “a city”

Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

עִ֥יר 'ir “[the] city of”

And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.

עִ֥יר 'ir “[the] city of”

So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.

הָעִ֛יר (עִ֛יר) 'Ir “city”

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jeru

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would s

עִיר֙ 'ir “city”

And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.

מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ (עִיר) 'i.R “city”