Joshua 15:44:4Josh.15.44.W4TAB
עָרִ֥ים
arim
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-RIM
- Extended
- aa-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈriːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM TE-sha
- clause
a-RIM TE-sha ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
u-ke-i-LAH ve-akh-ZIV u-ma-re-AH-shah a-RIM TE-sha ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The verse enumerates three localities joined by the vav conjunction and then provides a numerical summary with the noun ʿārîm {עָרִים | ʿā-rîm} ‘towns’ followed by tē-šaʿ {תֵּשַׁע | tē-šaʿ} ‘nine’ and wə-ḥaṣ-rê-yē-hen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | wə-ḥaṣ-rê-yē-hen} ‘and their villages.’ This paratactic list is characteristic of Hebrew boundary and inheritance formulas. In English, preserving the original word order and using punctuation clarifies coordination and quantitative summary.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rʿayin–yod–resh
“city, town”
In context — Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Akzib, and Mareshah—nine towns and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:44, so the Hebrew word עָרִ֥ים (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 Josh.15.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.44.W4.S1) and character.