Genesis 19:29:14Gen.19.29.W14TAB
אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים
ethearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- et-he-a-RIM
- Extended
- eht-heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.hɛ.ʕaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-he-a-RIM
- clause
va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-KHET e-lo-HIM et-a-REI ha-kik-KAR va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-av-ra-HAM va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
Exegesis
The phrases mitokh hahafekhah {מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָ֔ה | mit-tôḵ ha-ha-pê-kāh} ‘from the midst of the overthrow’ and bahafokh et-hearim {בַּהֲפֹךְ֙ אֶת־הֶעָרִ֔ים | ba-ha-pōḵ ʾeṯ-he-ʿā-rîm} ‘when overturning the cities’ frame Lot’s rescue within the larger act of destruction.
In context — Genesis 19:29
It happened that when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow of the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:29:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 19:29, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (ethearim) 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.19.29.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.29.W14.S1) and character.