גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם

   go-ra-LAM

   of their lot
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עָרֵ֣י גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם

   a-REI go-ra-LAM

   the cities of their lot
3. clause🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ עָרֵ֣י גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם מִמַּטֵּ֖ה אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

   va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim

   and there were the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim
4. sentence🔊 וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת בְּנֵֽי־קְהָת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִבְּנֵ֣י קְהָ֑ת וַֽיְהִי֙ עָרֵ֣י גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם מִמַּטֵּ֖ה אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

   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

   and to the families of the sons of Kohath the Levites the remaining from the sons of Kohath and there were the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim

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

ג־ר־ל🔊 g-r-lgrl

“lot”