H5893 H5893
Ir, a personal name in the genealogy of Benjamin
Ir appears in the genealogical records of Benjamin's descendants. The name is identical to the common Hebrew word for 'city,' which creates some textual ambiguity that scholars have noted. In 1 Chronicles 7:12, it appears in the phrase 'sons of Ir,' which could theoretically be read as 'sons of the city,' though the context clearly indicates a person's name. The brevity of Chronicles' genealogies often leaves us with minimal information about individuals who nonetheless played roles in preserving tribal identities.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name in 1 Chronicles 7:12 within Benjamin's genealogy. The multilingual evidence shows interesting translation choices: English and Spanish preserve 'Ir' as a proper name, while French renders it as 'ville' (city) and German as 'Stadt' (city), reflecting the word's semantic overlap with the common noun. This single mention demonstrates how proper names and common words could share forms in biblical Hebrew. 1×
AR["عير"]·ben["ঈরের"]·DE["Stadt"]·EN["Ir"]·FR["ville"]·heb["עיר"]·HI["ईर"]·ID["Ir"]·IT["città"]·jav["Ir"]·KO["이르-의"]·PT["Ir"]·RU["Ира"]·ES["Ir"]·SW["Iri"]·TR["İr'in"]·urd["عیر-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. עִיר n.pr.m. in בְּנֵי ע׳ 1 Ch 7:12, text dub., v. Be Kau.