Joshua 19:38:6Josh.19.38.W6TAB
עָרִ֥ים
areem
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-REEM
- Extended
- aa-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-REEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-REEM te-SHA-ez-REH
- clause
a-REEM te-SHA-ez-REH ve-khats-RE-hen
- sentence
ve-yir-ON u-mig-DAL-EL kho-REM u-VEIT-a-NAT u-VEIT-SHA-mesh a-REEM te-SHA-ez-REH ve-khats-RE-hen
Exegesis
The term arim {עָרִים | ʿā-rîm} ’cities’ is modified by the compound cardinal tesha-esre {תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה | tᵊ-ša-ʿ-ʾəś-rē} ’nineteen’, demonstrating the units-plus-tens numbering pattern in the feminine form.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–yod–resh
“city, town”
In context — Joshua 19:38
And Yiron, and Migdal-El , Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh—nineteen cities with their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:38:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 19:38, so the Hebrew word עָרִ֥ים (areem) 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.19.38.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.38.W6.S1) and character.