Joshua 19:6:4Josh.19.6.W4TAB

עָרִ֥ים

arim

cities

Transliteration
a-RIM
Extended
ah-REEM
IPA
/ʕaˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English
cities

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Result
עָ + רִ֥ים
a + rim
arim

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-RIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-RIM shelosh-ES-re

  3. clause

    a-RIM shelosh-ES-re ve-khats-re-HEN

  4. 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 contextJoshua 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.