Joshua 15:10:9Josh.15.10.W9TAB
הַר־יְעָרִ֛ים
haryearim
“of Mount Jearim”
- Transliteration
- har-ye-a-RIM
- Extended
- HAR-yeh-a-REEM
- IPA
- /har.jəʕaˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Mount Jearim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| 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
har-ye-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ke-TEF har-ye-a-RIM
- clause
ve-na-SAV hag-GEV-ul mi-ba-a-LA ya-MAH el-har se-IR ve-a-VAR el-ke-TEF har-ye-a-RIM mit-sa-fo-NAH HI ke-sa-LON
- sentence
ve-na-SAV hag-GEV-ul mi-ba-a-LA ya-MAH el-har se-IR ve-a-VAR el-ke-TEF har-ye-a-RIM mit-sa-fo-NAH HI ke-sa-LON ve-ya-RAD BEIT-SHE-mesh ve-a-VAR tim-NAH
Exegesis
Place names in construct chains such as har-yearim {הַר־יְעָרִ֛ים | har yĕ-‘ā-rîm} ‘Mount Jearim’ and bēṯ-shemēsh {בֵּֽית־שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ | bēṯ-še-mēš} ‘Beth Shemesh’ combine nouns to emphasize local features.
Root and etymology
“sea”
In context — Joshua 15:10
And the border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed over to the slope of Mount Jearim, which is Kesalon, and went down to Beth Shemesh and crossed over to Timnah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 15:10, so the Hebrew word הַר־יְעָרִ֛ים (haryearim) 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.15.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.10.W9.S1) and character.