2 Kings 23:8:32 Kgs.23.8.W3TAB
מֵעָרֵ֣י
meare
“from cities of”
- Transliteration
- me-a-RE
- Extended
- mee-ah-REE
- IPA
- /meːʕaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from cities of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-RE
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-RE ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-ya-VE et-KAL-ha-ko-ha-NIM me-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER kit-te-RU-SHA-ma ha-ko-ha-NIM mig-GE-va ad-be-ER sha-VA
- sentence
va-ya-VE et-KAL-ha-ko-ha-NIM me-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER kit-te-RU-SHA-ma ha-ko-ha-NIM mig-GE-va ad-be-ER sha-VA ve-na-TSATS et-ba-MOT ha-she-a-RIM a-SHER-PE-taKH SHA-ar ye-ho-SHU-a sar-ha-IR a-SHER-al-se-MOL ISH be-SHA-ar ha-IR
Exegesis
The scope is defined by me-arei yehudah {מֵעָרֵי יְהוּדָה | mē-ʿā-rê yə-hū-dā} “from the towns of Judah.”
In context — 2 Kings 23:8
And he brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places where they had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and he broke down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city commander, which were on the left of the city gate.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 23:8, so the Hebrew word מֵעָרֵ֣י (meare) 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.23.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.8.W3.S1) and character.