Joshua 21:3:7Josh.21.3.W7TAB
אֶת־הֶעָרִ֥ים
ethearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- et-he-a-RIM
- Extended
- EET-heh-aa-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.heʔaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
et-he-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
et-he-a-RIM ha-EI-le
- clause
et-he-a-RIM ha-EI-le ve-et-mig-re-shei-HEN
- sentence
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-la-TAM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH et-he-a-RIM ha-EI-le ve-et-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
The two direct-object markers ’et introduce he’arim ha’elleh {אֶת־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | ’et he-‘ā-rîm hā-’ellēh} ‘these cities’ and wə’et miḡrešeihen {וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן | wə-’et miḡ-rə-šê-hên} ‘and their pasturelands’, together defining the scope of the gift. The order of urban centers followed by pasturelands reflects the priority of cities supported by their surrounding lands. The formal translation preserves Hebrew word order for legal precision, while the dynamic version smooths the phrasing for modern readability.
Root and etymology
’-y-r’-y-r
“city, town”
In context — Joshua 21:3
And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance these cities and their pasturelands, according to the word of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 21:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הֶעָרִ֥ים (ethearim) 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.21.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.3.W7.S1) and character.