Deuteronomy 19:11:11Deut.19.11.W11TAB
הֶעָרִ֥ים
hearim
“of the cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʕaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
he-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
he-a-RIM ha-EL
- clause
ve-NAS el-a-KHAT he-a-RIM ha-EL
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH EESH so-NE le-re-EH-hu ve-a-RAV lo ve-KAM a-LAV ve-hi-KA-hu NE-fesh va-MET ve-NAS el-a-KHAT he-a-RIM ha-EL
Exegesis
The final clause wenās ʾel ʾaḥat hēʿārîm hāʾēl {וְנָס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵל | wə-nās ʾel-ʾă-ḥát hē-ʿā-rîm hā-ʾēl} ‘and he flees to one of these cities’ introduces the legal provision of refuge, completing the structure of offense, consequence, and asylum.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“urban settlement”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:11
And if a man, hating his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him fatally, so that he dies, and flees to one of these cities ,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 19:11, so the Hebrew word הֶעָרִ֥ים (hearim) 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 Deut.19.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.11.W11.S1) and character.