Joshua 18:15:3Josh.18.15.W3TAB
קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים
kiryatyeareem
“of Kiriath-jearim”
- Transliteration
- kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM
- Extended
- keer-YAHT-yeh-aa-REEM
- IPA
- /kirˈjat.jəʕaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Kiriath-jearim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM
- clause
u-fe-AT-NEG-ba mik-TSEH kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM
- sentence
u-fe-AT-NEG-ba mik-TSEH kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL ya-MAH ve-ya-TSA el-ma-AY-yan mei-nef-TO-akh
Exegesis
A double construct chain miktze kiryat ye‘arim {מִקְצֵ֖ה קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים | mik-tsē kir-yaṯ yə-‘ā-rîm} 'from the end of the city of forests' establishes the origin point.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–yod–resh
“cities, urban centers”
In context — Joshua 18:15
And the southern boundary began at the edge of Kiriath Jearim and then ran westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:15, so the Hebrew word קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים (kiryatyeareem) 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.18.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.15.W3.S1) and character.