Joshua 21:35:5Josh.21.35.W5TAB
עָרִ֖ים
arim
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-RIM
- Extended
- ah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕaˈriːm/
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-DIM-nah ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-na-ha-LAL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM ar-BA
Exegesis
The sequence concludes with the plural noun arim {עָרִ֖ים | ʿărīm} ‘towns’ modified by the numeral arbaʿ {אַרְבַּֽע | ʾarbaʿ} ‘four’, indicating the total number of settlements. In translation, the nontranslatable direct object marker is omitted, and the Hebrew list is rendered as coordinated English phrases to maintain fluency.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city, town”
In context — Joshua 21:35
Dimnah and its pasturelands and Nahalal and its pasturelands—four towns in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 21:35, 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.21.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.35.W5.S1) and character.