2 Kings 13:25:202 Kgs.13.25.W20TAB
אֶת־עָרֵ֥י
etare
“cities of”
- Transliteration
- et-a-RE
- Extended
- eht-ah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕaːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-a-RE
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-RE yis-ra-EL
- clause
sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-AASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM mi-YAD ben-ha-DAHD ben-kha-za-EL a-SHER lah-KAKH mi-YAD ye-ho-a-KHAZ a-VIV ba-mil-kha-MA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes he’arim {הֶעָרִים | hē‘ārîm}, specifying “the cities.”
In context — 2 Kings 13:25
And Jehoash restored and took the cities from the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, which he had taken from the hand of his father Jehoahaz in the war. Three times Joash struck him, and he restored the cities of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:25:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עָרֵ֥י (etare) 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 Kgs.13.25.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.25.W20.S1) and character.