Joshua 21:20:8Josh.21.20.W8TAB
עָרֵ֣י
arei
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- a-REI
- Extended
- ah-REI
- IPA
- /ʕaˈrej/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-REI
- phraseyour reading level
a-REI go-ra-LAM
- clause
va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
- sentence
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM mib-NEI ke-HAT va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in vayhi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | wāy-hî} ‘and it was’ introduces the resultant clause arei goralam {עָרֵ֣י גּוֹרָלָ֔ם | ‘ā-rê gō-rā-lām} ‘cities of their lot’, an idiomatic genitive indicating allocation by lot.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר‘-y-r
“towns, cities”
In context — Joshua 21:20
And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who remained , received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 21:20, so the Hebrew word עָרֵ֣י (arei) 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.21.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.20.W8.S1) and character.