Joshua 13:28:5Josh.13.28.W5TAB
הֶעָרִ֖ים
hearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /heʕaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities
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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
- clause
he-a-RIM ve-chats-rei-HEM
- sentence
ZOT na-cha-LAT be-NEI-GAD le-mish-pe-cho-TAM he-a-RIM ve-chats-rei-HEM
Exegesis
This is succeeded by the noun heʾarim {הֶעָרִים | he-ʿărîm} ‘the towns’ and the coordinated ve-chatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶם | wə-ḥaṣrê-hem} ‘and their villages’, forming a construct chain that delineates the extent of the tribal territory. English introduces the verb ‘was’ to satisfy subject–predicate requirements while preserving the Hebrew’s focus on possession and social structure.
Root and etymology
“settlement”
In context — Joshua 13:28
This was the inheritance of the descendants of Gad according to their clans —the towns and their villages.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 13:28, so the Hebrew word הֶעָרִ֖ים (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 Josh.13.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.28.W5.S1) and character.