2 Chronicles 8:2:12 Chr.8.2.W1TAB
וְהֶעָרִ֗ים
vehearim
“and the cities”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-a-RIM
- Extended
- veh-heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /wə.heʕaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-a-RIM
- clause
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER na-TAN khu-RAM li-shlo-MO ba-NA she-lo-MO o-TAM
- sentence
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER na-TAN khu-RAM li-shlo-MO ba-NA she-lo-MO o-TAM va-yo-SHEV SHAM ET-be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction vehaarim {וְהֶעָרִים | wə-hê-‘a-rîm} ‘and the cities’, linking it to the preceding account.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city, fortified place”
In context — 2 Chronicles 8:2
Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him, and he settled the sons of Israel in them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 8:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 8:2, so the Hebrew word וְהֶעָרִ֗ים (vehearim) 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.8.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.8.2.W1.S1) and character.