וְעָרֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְעָרֵ֥י

   ve-a-REI

   and cities of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃

   ve-a-REI ma-DAI

   and cities of Media
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃

   va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI

   and he caused to dwell or placed them in Halah and in Habor river of Gozan and cities of Media
4. sentence🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לָכַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֶּ֥גֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃

   bish-NAT hat-te-shi-IIT le-ho-SHE-a la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-shom-RON va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI

   in year of the ninth to Hoshea captured king of Assyria Samaria and he led away Israel to Assyria and he caused to dwell or placed them in Halah and in Habor river of Gozan and cities of Media

Exegesis

The construct phrase nehargozan {נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן | nəh-ar go-zān} ‘river of Gozan’ and the compound vearēi madai {וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי | wə-‘ā-rê mā-dāy} ‘towns of Media’ form a distributive listing of exile locations.