Joshua 21:33:5Josh.21.33.W5TAB
עִ֖יר
eer
“cities”
- Transliteration
- EER
- Extended
- EER
- IPA
- /ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EER
- phraseyour reading level
she-LOSH-es-RE EER
- clause
she-LOSH-es-RE EER u-mig-re-shei-HEN
- sentence
KOL-a-REI ha-ger-shu-NI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM she-LOSH-es-RE EER u-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
The compound numeral šalōš-ʿaśrā {שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה | šalōš-ʿaśrā} ‘thirteen’ precedes ʿîr {עִיר | ʿîr} ‘town’, reflecting Hebrew numeral–noun order.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–yod–resh
“city”
In context — Joshua 21:33
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their clans were thirteen in number, along with their pasturelands .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 21:33, so the Hebrew word עִ֖יר (eer) 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.21.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.33.W5.S1) and character.