Joshua 18:21:2Josh.18.21.W2TAB
הֽ͏ֶעָרִ֗ים
hearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-aa-REEM
- IPA
- /heʔaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
he-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM
- clause
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM ye-ri-KHO u-VEIT-khag-LA ve-E-mek ke-TSEETS
Exegesis
The waw-consecutive clause vehayu he’arim {וְהָי֣וּ הֶעָרִים | wə-hā-yū hē-ʿā-rîm} ‘and they were the cities’ links this verse to the preceding narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–yod–resh
“cities, urban centers”
In context — Joshua 18:21
And the cities belonging to the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, and Emek Ketziz.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 18:21, so the Hebrew word הֽ͏ֶעָרִ֗ים (hearim) 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.18.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.21.W2.S1) and character.