Joshua 21:32:14Josh.21.32.W14TAB
עָרִ֖ים
arim
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-RIM
- Extended
- ah-REEM
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.mig.raˈʃehaː/
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 sha-LOSH
- sentence
u-mi-mat-TEH nafta-LI ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kha-MOT DO-ar ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-kar-TAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM sha-LOSH
Exegesis
The final phrase ʿărîm šālôš {עָרִ֖ים שָׁלֹֽשׁ | ʿă-rîm šā-lōš} has the numeral agreeing in gender with the noun, underscoring the completeness of the territorial allotment.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר‘-y-r
“towns, cities”
In context — Joshua 21:32
And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the manslayer , namely Kedesh in Galilee with its pastureland, Hammoth Dor with its pastureland, and Kartan with its pastureland—three cities in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:32:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Joshua 21:32, 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.21.32.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.32.W14.S1) and character.