Joshua 21:19:5Josh.21.19.W5TAB
עָרִ֖ים
arim
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-RIM
- Extended
- ah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕaˈrim/
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-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-LOSH-ez-REH a-RIM
- clause
she-LOSH-ez-REH a-RIM u-mig-re-shei-HEN
- 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 compound numeral šəlōšʿ-ʿeśrê {שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה | šəlōšʿ-ʿeśrê} ‘thirteen’ agrees in gender and number with arim {עָרִים | ʿā-rîm} ‘cities.’
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר‘-y-r
“towns, cities”
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 21:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 21:19, so the Hebrew word עָרִ֖ים (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.21.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.19.W5.S1) and character.