Joshua 19:23:6Josh.19.23.W6TAB
הֶעָרִ֖ים
hearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /hɛʕaˈrim/
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
- clause
he-a-RIM ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TE ve-NEI-yi-sa-SKHAR le-mish-pe-kho-TAM he-a-RIM ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The final appositional phrase he'arim ve-chatzreihen {הֶעָרִים וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | heʿārīm wə-ḥaṣrêyhen} “the cities and their villages” enumerates the specific land units. Hebrew parataxis lists elements with a single vav before the last item; English renders this as a coordinated structure with a colon, preserving the hierarchical sequence of tribal, familial, and geographical designations.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city”
In context — Joshua 19:23
This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, according to their families : the towns and their villages.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 19:23, so the Hebrew word הֶעָרִ֖ים (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.19.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.23.W6.S1) and character.