Joshua 19:6:4Josh.19.6.W4TAB
עָרִ֥ים
arim
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-RIM
- Extended
- ah-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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM shelosh-ES-re
- clause
a-RIM shelosh-ES-re ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
u-VEIT le-va-OT ve-sha-RU-khen a-RIM shelosh-ES-re ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The noun arim {עָרִ֥ים | ’ā-rîm} “towns” is then modified by the feminine construct numeral shelosh-esre {שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | šəlōš-’eśrê} “thirteen.”
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city”
In context — Joshua 19:6
Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen, thirteen towns and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:6, so the Hebrew word עָרִ֥ים (arim) 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.19.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.6.W4.S1) and character.