בְּעָרֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּעָרֵ֣י

   be-a-RE

   in the cities of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן

   be-a-RE sho-me-RON

   in the cities of Samaria
3. clause🔊 וַיָּבֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֡וּר מִבָּבֶ֡ל וּ֠מִכּוּ֠תָה וּמֵעַוָּ֤א וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן תַּ֖חַת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL

   and he brought the king of Assyria from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim and he made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֡וּר מִבָּבֶ֡ל וּ֠מִכּוּ֠תָה וּמֵעַוָּ֤א וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן תַּ֖חַת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ בְּעָרֶֽיהָ׃

   va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA

   and he brought the king of Assyria from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim and he made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel and they possessed Samaria and they lived in its cities

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase bearei {בְּעָרֵי | bə-ʿārê} ‘in the cities of’ governs Shomron (‘Samaria’), while the spatial relation tachat {תַּחַת | taḥat} ‘instead of’ combined with bnei Yisrael (‘sons of Israel’) expresses substitution.