Joshua 15:36:1Josh.15.36.W1TAB
וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙
veshaarayim
“and Shaaraim”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-a-ra-YIM
- Extended
- veh-sha-ah-ra-YEEM
- IPA
- /vəʃaʕaˈrajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Shaaraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-a-ra-YIM
- clause
ve-sha-a-ra-YIM va-a-di-ta-YIM ve-hag-de-RAH u-ge-de-ro-ta-YIM
- sentence
ve-sha-a-ra-YIM va-a-di-ta-YIM ve-hag-de-RAH u-ge-de-ro-ta-YIM a-REEM ar-BA-es-REH ve-khat-se-RE-hen
Exegesis
Four place names are coordinated by repeated waw, creating a straightforward additive sequence: veShaarayim {וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ | wə-šaʿă-rayyim} through uGederotayim {וּגְדֵרֹתָ֑יִם | ū-ḡe-ḏē-rō-ṯā-yim}.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Yod–Resh
“town, city”
In context — Joshua 15:36
Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen towns and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:36, so the Hebrew word וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ (veshaarayim) 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.15.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.36.W1.S1) and character.