Genesis 13:12:6Gen.13.12.W6TAB
בְּעָרֵ֣י
beare
“in the cities of the”
- Transliteration
- be-a-RE
- Extended
- beh-ah-REE
- IPA
- /bə.ʕa.ˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the cities of the
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-a-RE
- phraseyour reading level
be-a-RE ha-ki-KAR
- clause
ve-LOT ya-SHAV be-a-RE ha-ki-KAR va-ye-e-HAL ad-se-DOM
- sentence
av-RAM ya-SHAV be-e-rets-ke-NA-an ve-LOT ya-SHAV be-a-RE ha-ki-KAR va-ye-e-HAL ad-se-DOM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-erets-knaan {בְּאֶרֶץ־כְּנָעַן | bə-ʾe-reṣ-kə-nā-ʿan} introduces the broader promised territory, whereas be-arei hakkikar {בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר | bə-ʿā-rê ha-kik-kār} specifies Lot’s settlement in a fertile lowland cluster.
In context — Genesis 13:12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities of the plain , and he pitched his tent toward Sodom .
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 13:12, so the Hebrew word בְּעָרֵ֣י (beare) 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 Gen.13.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.12.W6.S1) and character.