Joshua 19:35:1Josh.19.35.W1TAB
וְעָרֵ֖י
vearei
“and the cities”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-REI
- Extended
- veh-aa-REI
- IPA
- /vəʕaːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the cities
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-REI
- clause
ve-a-REI miv-TSAR
- sentence
ve-a-REI miv-TSAR ha-tsi-DEEM TSEIR ve-cha-MAT ra-KAT ve-ki-na-RET
Exegesis
The prefixed conjunction ve {וְ | wə-} links this phrase to the preceding context and initiates a construct chain pairing erei {עָרֵי | ʿā-rê} 'towns' with mivtzar {מִבְצָר | mib-ṣār} 'fortress,' yielding the sequence 'towns of fortress.' The definite article in hatsiddim {הַצִּדִּים | ha-ṣid-dîm} identifies Ziddim as a definite place.
Root and etymology
‛-y-r‛ayin–yod–resh
“city”
In context — Joshua 19:35
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Kinnereth.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:35, so the Hebrew word וְעָרֵ֖י (vearei) 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.19.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.35.W1.S1) and character.