Joshua 19:16:5Josh.19.16.W5TAB
הֶֽעָרִ֥ים
hearim
“these cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-aa-REEM
- IPA
- /heʕaˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- these 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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Word in context
- word
he-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
he-a-RIM ha-E-le
- clause
he-a-RIM ha-E-le ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-zvu-LUN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM he-a-RIM ha-E-le ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The parallel coordination ha-arim {הֶעָרִים | hā-‘ā-rîm} ‘the cities’ and ve-chatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶן | wə-ḥat-sre-hên} ‘and their villages’ lists main settlements and their dependent sites. The Hebrew construct states and coordinated nouns yield precise territorial enumeration, rendered in English by subordinating modifiers and coordinating nouns.
Root and etymology
‘-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city, urban settlement”
In context — Joshua 19:16
This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families; these cities and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 19:16, so the Hebrew word הֶֽעָרִ֥ים (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.19.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.16.W5.S1) and character.