עִיר
ʻîyr(eer)
“a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)”
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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)
Translated in KJV as
Ai (from margin)citycourt (from margin)town.
Etymology
or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עוּר)
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