Joshua 19:8:4Josh.19.8.W4TAB
הֶֽעָרִ֣ים
hearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-aa-REEEM
- IPA
- /heʕaˈrim/
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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Word in context
- word
he-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh
- clause
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev
- sentence
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ introduces the modifier səvîvôt he‘ārîm hā’ēlleh {סְבִיבוֹת הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | sə-vî-vôt he-’ā-rîm hā-’ē-lê} ‘surrounding these towns.’
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city”
In context — Joshua 19:8
And all the villages that are around these towns as far as Baalath Beer—Ramath Negev—this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, according to their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:8, so the Hebrew word הֶֽעָרִ֣ים (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.19.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.8.W4.S1) and character.