Joshua 15:36:5Josh.15.36.W5TAB
עָרִ֥ים
areem
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-REEM
- Extended
- aa-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕaˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-REEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-REEM ar-BA-es-REH
- clause
a-REEM ar-BA-es-REH ve-khat-se-RE-hen
- 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
After the names, the summary phrase arim {עָרִ֥ים | ʿā-rîm} ‘towns’ is quantified by the compound numeral arba-esreh {אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | ʾar-baʿ-ʿeś-rêh} ‘fourteen’, a common Hebrew numbering pattern where the total follows the category.
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 15:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 15:36, so the Hebrew word עָרִ֥ים (areem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.36.W5.S1) and character.