ʻîyr — excitement, anguish, waking, watchful, wakeful one, watcher, angel

ʻayir — he-ass, male ass

ʻÎyr — Ir = “belonging to a city”

Genesis 4:17 — “Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he then founded a city, and named the city after his son Enoch.”

Genesis 10:11 — “From that land Asshur went forth and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,”

Genesis 10:12 — “And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, that is the great city.”

Genesis 11:4 — “And they said, “Come, let us build us a city, and a tower with its top in the sky, to make a name for ourselves; else we shall be scattered all over the world.””

Genesis 11:5 — “GOD came down to look at the city and tower that the mortals had built,”