Genesis 19:29:4Gen.19.29.W4TAB
אֶת־עָרֵ֣י
etarei
“cities of”
- Transliteration
- et-a-REI
- Extended
- eht-ah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ʕaːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-a-REI
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-REI ha-kik-KAR
- clause
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
- 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 construct chain arei hakkikar {עָרֵי הַכִּכָּר | ʿā-rê hak-kik-kār} ‘cities of the plain’ sets the scene of divine judgment.
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 19:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:29, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עָרֵ֣י (etarei) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.29.W4.S1) and character.