Jeremiah 22:6:15Jer.22.6.W15TAB

עָרִ֖ים

arim

cities

Transliteration
a-RIM
Extended
aa-REEM
IPA
/ʕaːˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English
cities

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Result
עָ + רִ֖ים
a + rim
arim

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-RIM

  2. clause

    im-LO a-shit-KHA mid-BAR a-RIM LO no-she-VA no-sha-VU

  3. sentence

    ki-KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH al-BET ME-lekh ye-hu-DA gil-AD a-TA LI ROSH hal-le-va-NON im-LO a-shit-KHA mid-BAR a-RIM LO no-she-VA no-sha-VU

Exegesis

The construct chain midbār ʿārîm lōʾ nōšāḇû {מִדְבָּר עָרִים לֹא נוֹשָׁבוּ | midbār ʿārîm lōʾ nōšāḇû} uses a Niphal perfect for an enduring state of desolation. The English maintains Hebrew parallelism and a judicial tone.

In contextJeremiah 22:6

For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: "You are to Me like Gilead, the summit of Lebanon; yet I will make you a wilderness, cities not inhabited."

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 22:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 22:6, so the Hebrew word עָרִ֖ים (arim) 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 Jer.22.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.6.W15.S1) and character.