I. עִיר noun [masculine] excitement; — of terror, וּבֶהָלוֺת ׳ע Jeremiah 15:9; of rage (si vera lectio), לֹא אָבוֺא בְּעִיר Hosea 11:9, but St proposes לְבָעֵר compare We Oort Now GASm. — בָּעִיר Psalm 73:20 see עור

Hiph`il — II, III. עִיר see below

II. עִיר₁₀₉₂ noun feminine^{Genesis 10:12} (Albr^{ZAW xvi.40 f.}) city, town (√ unknown; Late Hebrew id.;? Phoenician ער Lzb³⁴⁵; Sabean ער fortified height (compare

3) Prä^{ZMG xxvi (1872), 437}, ערן, עהרן city CIS^{iv. pp. 94, 95, 173}); — ׳ע absolute Genesis 4:17 +, construct Genesis 24:10 +; הָעִ֫ירָה 1 Kings 14:12 + 7t.; suffix עִירִי 2 Samuel 19:38 2t., etc.; plural עָרִים Isaiah 6:11 +, עֲיָרִים Judges 10:4 (text error, or word-play, compare GFM); construct עָרֵי Genesis 10:29 +; suffix עָרַי Zechariah 1:17, עָרֵיכֶם Isaiah 1:7 +, etc.; —

1 city, town, abode of men Genesis 4:17 (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 10:12 (J), +, or קְטַנָּה Ecclesiastes 9:14 (compare Genesis 19:20); especially

a. fortified: עָרִים בְּצֻרוֺת 2 Samuel 20:6 +, etc., see בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַרצֹֿר Joshua 19:29 (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, מָצוֺר ׳ע Psalm 31:22 +, etc., see מָצוֺר, מְצוּרָה below צוּר (Micah 7:12 see מָצוֺר); עָזלָֿנוּ ׳ע Isaiah 26:1, עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֺ Isaiah 17:9; דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִיחַ ׳ְ 1 Samuel 23:7; חוֺמָה ׳ע Leviticus 25:29, compare Leviticus 25:30 (P), 1 Kings 4:13; on Hosea 10:14 see I. עַם 2b (1 Samuel 9:14 read הַשֵּׁעַר ᵐ5 We Dr and others).

b. opposed to כֹּפֶר הַמְּרָזִי 1 Samuel 6:18, ׳עָרֵי הַמּ Deuteronomy 3:5, הַמְּרָזוֺת ׳ע Esther 9:19; distinguished from dependencies חֲצֵרִים Joshua 13:23 #NAME?

c. עָרֶיה are dependent towns Joshua 13:17 (P), Jeremiah 19:15.

d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה Joshua 10:2 (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, compare Tel Amarna al šarri), so singular 1 Samuel 27:5, opposed to הַשָּׁדֶה עָרֵי 1 Samuel 27:5 rural towns; הַמְּלוּכָה ׳ע 2 Samuel 12:26 (but read הַמַּיִם ׳ע We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, see 2 below).

e. עֶרֵי מִסְכְּנוֺת Exodus 1:11 storage-cities, so 1 Kings 9:19 2Chronicles 8:6,4; 17:12; for נַפְתָּלִי ׳ע ׳מ2Chronicles 16:4 read probably ׳כִּנְרוֺת עֵלוֿגו (as 1 Kings 15:20; Be Kit Buhl); compare הֶרֶכֶב ׳ע 1 Kings 9:19; 1 Kings 10:26 2Chronicles 8:6; 9:25; 1:14; הַמָּרָשִׁים ׳ע 1 Kings 9:19 2Chronicles 8:6.

f. (הַ)מִקְלָט ׳ע (P) asylum-cities Numbers 35:11,13,14; Joshua 20:2, compare Numbers 35:25,26,27,28,32, לְמִקְלָט ׳ע Numbers 35:12; מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ ׳ע Joshua 21:13 + 4t. 21.

g. (הָ)אֱלֹהִים ׳ע = Jerusalem: Psalm 46:5; Psalm 87:3, compare Psalm 48:2; Psalm 48:9; ׳י ׳ע Isaiah 60:14; Psalm 101:8; צְבָאוֺת ׳י ׳ע Psalm 48:9.

h. city = inhabitants 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 22:2; Ruth 1:19, so 2 Samuel 20:22 (reading הָעִיר for ᵑ0 הָעָם) ᵐ5 We Dr and others (compare also following).

i. combinations are: רֹכְלִים ׳ע Ezekiel 17:4 city of merchants; מוֺשָׁב ׳ע Psalm 107:4; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:36 city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: הַצֶּדֶק ׳ע Isaiah 1:26, ׳ע הָאֱמֶת Zechariah 8:3; הַקּדֶשׁ ׳ע Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1,18, compare Daniel 9:24, all of Jerusalem; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Jeremiah 5:17 of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, תְּהִלָּךְ ׳ע Jeremiah 49:25, ׳הָע הַהֻלָּלהEzekiel 26:17, הָעַלִּיזָה ׳הָע Zephaniah 2:15; of Jerusalem also הַיּוֺנָה ׳הָע Zephaniah 3:1 oppressive city, (הַ)דָּמִים ׳ע bloody city Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6,9 and (of Nineveh) Nahum 3:1.

2 of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד 2 Samuel 5:7,9; 2 Samuel 6:10 + often (see דָּוִד); כֵית הַבָּ֑עַל ׳ע 2 Kings 10:25 (crpt; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ׳ע, compare Kmp Benz Kit); הַמַּיִם ׳ע 2 Samuel 12:27 (so read also 2 Samuel 12:26, see 1d).

3 apparently fortified place, of any size, עִיר מִבְצָר בְּכָלעָֿרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְּדַּל נוֺצְרִים עַדֿ 2 Kings 17:9 2Kings 18:8; compare Numbers 13:9 (P; but on compare of ver. see Di); perhaps also עֲמָלֵק ׳ע 1 Samuel 15:5 (HPS). — Hosea 7:4 see עור

Hiph`il

עִיר הַהֶרֶס see הֶרֶס.