Joshua 21:29:6Josh.21.29.W6TAB
עָרִ֖ים
arim
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-RIM
- Extended
- aa-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔaˈriːm/
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-RIM
- clause
a-RIM ar-BA
- sentence
ET-Yar-MUT ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-EIN ga-NIM ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM ar-BA
Exegesis
The final phrase arim arba {עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע | ʿā-rîm ar-baʿ} ‘towns four’ uses Hebrew noun–numeral order to summarize the total. English reorders for readability, grouping each town with its pastureland before stating the total count.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-yayin–resh–yod
“city, town”
In context — Joshua 21:29
Jarmuth and its pastureland , En Gannim and its pastureland—four towns in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:29, 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.21.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.29.W6.S1) and character.