2 Chronicles 16:4:202 Chr.16.4.W20TAB
עָרֵ֥י
are
“the cities of”
- Transliteration
- a-RE
- Extended
- aa-REE
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-RE
- phraseyour reading level
a-RE naf-ta-LI
- clause
ve-ET KAL-mis-ke-NOT a-RE naf-ta-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim ve-ET KAL-mis-ke-NOT a-RE naf-ta-LI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-arei yisrael {אֶל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ʾel-ʿārê yiśrāʾēl} marks the target cities.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:4
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Mayim, and all the storehouse towns of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:4:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Chronicles 16:4, so the Hebrew word עָרֵ֥י (are) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.16.4.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.4.W20.S1) and character.