II. עִיר1092 noun feminine[Gen 10:12] (AlbrZAW xvi.40 f.) city, town (√ unknown; Late Hebrew id.;? Phoenician ער Lzb345; Sabean ער fortified height (compare 3) PräZMG xxvi (1872), 437, ערן, עהרן city CISiv. pp. 94, 95, 173); — ׳ע absolute [Gen 4:17] +, construct [Gen 24:10] +; הָעִ֫ירָה [1Kgs 14:12] + 7t.; suffix עִירִי [2Sam 19:38] + 2 t., etc.; plural עָרִים [Isa 6:11] +, עֲיָרִים [Judg 10:4] (text error, or word-play, compare GFM); construct עָרֵי [Gen 10:29] +; suffix עָרַי [Zech 1:17], עָרֵיכֶם [Isa 1:7] +, etc.; —
1. city, town, abode of men [Gen 4:17] (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה [Gen 10:12] (J), +, or קְטַנָּה [Eccl 9:14] (compare [Gen 19:20]); especially
\ \ a. fortified: עָרִים בְּצֻרוֺת [2Sam 20:6] +, etc., see בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַרצֹֿר [Josh 19:29] (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, מָצוֺר ׳ע [Ps 31:22] +, etc., see מָצוֺר, מְצוּרָה below צוּר ([Mic 7:12] see מָצוֺר); עָזלָֿנוּ ׳ע [Isa 26:1], עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֺ [Isa 17:9] דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִיחַ ׳ְ [1Sam 23:7] חוֺמָה ׳ע [Lev 25:29], compare v[Lev 25:30] (P), [1Kgs 4:13] on [Hos 10:14] see I. עַם 2 b ([1Sam 9:14] read הַשֵּׁעַר ᵐ5 We Dr and others).
\ \ b. opposed to כֹּפֶר הַפְּרָזִי [1Sam 6:18], ׳עָרֵי הַפּ [Deut 3:5], הַפְּרָזוֺת ׳ע [Esth 9:19] distinguished from dependencies חֲצֵרִים [Josh 13:23] + often P.
\ \ c. עָרֶיה are dependent towns [Josh 13:17] (P), [Jer 19:15].
\ \ d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה [Josh 10:2] (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, compare Tel Amarna al šarri), so singular [1Sam 27:5], opposed to הַשָּׁדֶה עָרֵי v[1Sam 27:5] rural towns; הַמְּלוּכָה ׳ע [2Sam 12:26] (but read הַמַּיִם ׳ע We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, see 2 below).
\ \ e. עֶרֵי מִסְכְּנוֺת [Exod 1:11] storage-cities, so [1Kgs 9:19] = [2Chr 8:6]; [2Chr 8:4]; [2Chr 17:12] for נַפְתָּלִי ׳ע ׳מ [2Chr 16:4] read probably ׳כִּנְרוֺת עֵלוֿגו (as [1Kgs 15:20] Be Kit Buhl); compare הֶרֶכֶב ׳ע [1Kgs 9:19]; [1Kgs 10:26] = [2Chr 8:6]; [2Chr 9:25]; [2Chr 1:14] הַפָּרָשִׁים ׳ע [1Kgs 9:19] = [2Chr 8:6]. feminine (הַ)מִקְלָט ׳ע (P) asylum-cities [Num 35:11]; [Num 35:13]; [Num 35:14]; [Josh 20:2], compare [Num 35:25]; [Num 35:26]; [Num 35:27]; [Num 35:28]; [Num 35:32], לְמִקְלָט ׳ע v[Num 35:12] מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ ׳ע [Josh 21:13] + 4t. 21.
\ \ g. (הָ)אֱלֹהִים ׳ע = Jerusalem: [Ps 46:5]; [Ps 87:3], compare [Ps 48:2]; [Ps 48:9] ׳י ׳ע [Isa 60:14]; [Ps 101:8] צְבָאוֺת ׳י ׳ע [Ps 48:9].
\ \ h. city = inhabitants [1Sam 4:13]; [1Sam 5:12]; [Isa 22:2]; [Ruth 1:19], so [2Sam 20:22] (reading הָעִיר for ᵑ0 הָעָם) ᵐ5 We Dr and others (compare also following).
\ \ i. combinations are: רֹכְלִים ׳ע [Ezek 17:4] city of merchants; מוֺשָׁב ׳ע [Ps 107:4]; [Ps 107:7]; [Ps 107:36] city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: הַצֶּדֶק ׳ע [Isa 1:26], ׳ע הָאֱמֶת [Zech 8:3] הַקּדֶשׁ ׳ע [Isa 48:2]; [Isa 52:1]; [Neh 11:1]; [Neh 11:18], compare [Dan 9:24], all of Jerusalem; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ [Jer 5:17] of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, תְּהִלָּךְ ׳ע [Jer 49:25], ׳הָע הַהֻלָּלה[Ezek 26:17], הָעַלִּיזָה ׳הָע [Zeph 2:15] of Jerusalem also הַיּוֺנָה ׳הָע [Zeph 3:1] oppressive city, (הַ)דָּמִים ׳ע bloody city [Ezek 22:2]; [Ezek 24:6]; [Ezek 24:9] and (of Nineveh) [Nah 3:1].
2. of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד [2Sam 5:7]; [2Sam 5:9]; [2Sam 6:10] + often (see דָּוִד); כֵית הַבָּ֑עַל ׳ע [2Kgs 10:25] (crpt; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ׳ע, compare Kmp Benz Kit); הַמַּיִם ׳ע [2Sam 12:27] (so read also v[2Sam 12:26], see 1 d).
3. apparently fortified place, of any size, עִיר מִבְצָר בְּכָלעָֿרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְּדַּל נוֺצְרִים עַדֿ [2Kgs 17:9] =[2Kgs 18:8] compare [Num 13:9] (P; but on compare of ver. see Di); perhaps also עֲמָלֵק ׳ע [1Sam 15:5] (HPS). — [Hos 7:4] see עור Hiph`il
עִיר הַהֶרֶס see הֶרֶס.
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