Joshua 15:9:16Josh.15.9.W16TAB
יְעָרִֽים׃
yearim
“Jearim.”
- Transliteration
- ye-a-RIM
- Extended
- yeh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /jəʕaːˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jearim.
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ye-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
kir-YAT ye-a-RIM
- clause
ve-ta-AR hag-GVUL ba-a-LAH HI kir-YAT ye-a-RIM
- sentence
ve-ta-AR hag-GVUL meh-ROSH ha-HAR el-ma-AI-yan MEI nef-TO-akh ve-ya-TSA el-a-REI har-ef-RON ve-ta-AR hag-GVUL ba-a-LAH HI kir-YAT ye-a-RIM
Exegesis
The repetition of vetaʻar {וְתָאַס֤ר | vǝ-ta-’ar} signals another shift to bāʿalāh {בַּעֲלָ֔ה | bă-ʿă-lāh}, and the pronoun hî {הִיא | hî} ‘it is’ introduces the appositional identification of Kiriath-Jearim {קִרְיַת יְעָרִים | qiryat-ye-ʿā-rîm}. This structure creates a precise topographical mapping, with vav-consecutive verbs orchestrating the sequential flow.
Root and etymology
“sea”
In context — Joshua 15:9
And the boundary turned from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephthoah, went out to the cities of Mount Ephron, and turned again to Baalah, which is called Kiriath-Jearim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 15:9, so the Hebrew word יְעָרִֽים׃ (yearim) 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.15.9.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.9.W16.S1) and character.