Joshua 21:24:5Josh.21.24.W5TAB
עָרִ֖ים
areem
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-REEM
- Extended
- aa-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈriːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-REEM
- clause
a-REEM ar-BA
- sentence
ET-ai-ya-LON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-gat-ri-MON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-REEM ar-BA
Exegesis
The noun-number sequence ʿārîm arba {עָרִים אַרְבַּע | ʿā-rîm ʾar-baʿ} ‘cities four’ follows the Hebrew cardinal pattern, rendered as “four cities” in English to preserve emphasis and clarity.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר‘-y-r
“towns, cities”
In context — Joshua 21:24
Aijalon and its pasturelands , Gath-Rimmon and its pasturelands—four cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 21:24, so the Hebrew word עָרִ֖ים (areem) 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.21.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.24.W5.S1) and character.