אזור

Hebrew

Root
א־ז־ר (ʾ-z-r)

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /eˈzoʁ/
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Noun

אֵזוֹר • (ezór) m (plural indefinite איזורים / אֵזוֹרִים, singular construct אֵזוֹר־, plural construct איזורי / אֵזוֹרֵי־)

  1. (archaic) a girdle
    • Tanach, Jeremiah 13:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      כֹּה־אָמַר [] אֵלַי הָלוֹךְ וְקָנִיתָ לְּךָ אֵזוֹר פִּשְׁתִּים וְשַׂמְתּוֹ עַל־מָתְנֶיךָ וּבַמַּיִם לֹא תְבִאֵהוּ׃
      ko-amar [] elai halokh v'kanita l'kha ezor pishtim v'samto al-matnekha uvamayim lo t'viehu.
      Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
  2. an area, region, zone
    בית ספר באזור הדירה שליbéit-séfer b'ezór-hadirá shelía school in the area of my apartment
  3. (military) a sector

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