Joshua 21:19:1Josh.21.19.W1TAB
כָּל־עָרֵ֥י
kolarei
“all the cities”
- Transliteration
- KOL-a-REI
- Extended
- KOHL-ah-REI
- IPA
- /kol.ʕaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
KOL-a-REI
- phraseyour reading level
KOL-a-REI be-NEI-a-ha-RON
- clause
KOL-a-REI be-NEI-a-ha-RON ha-ko-ha-NIM
- sentence
KOL-a-REI be-NEI-a-ha-RON ha-ko-ha-NIM she-LOSH-ez-REH a-RIM u-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the universal quantifier kol {כָּל | kōl} ‘all,’ establishing comprehensiveness.
It continues with the construct chain arei {עָרֵי | ʿā-rê} ‘cities of’ + benei {בְּנֵי | bə-nê} ‘sons of’ + Aharon {אַהֲרֹן | ʾa-ha-rōn} ‘Aaron’ + hak-kôhănim {הַכֹּהֲנִים | ha-kō-ha-nîm} ‘the priests,’ forming a genitival expression that identifies the recipients.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-y-r
“city”
In context — Joshua 21:19
All the cities of the sons of Aaron , the priests , were thirteen in number, with their pasturelands.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:19, so the Hebrew word כָּל־עָרֵ֥י (kolarei) 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.21.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.19.W1.S1) and character.