Joshua 21:42:2Josh.21.42.W2TAB
הֶעָרִ֣ים
hearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-aa-REEM
- IPA
- /heʕaˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
he-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
- clause
tih-yei-NAH he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh IR IR u-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
- sentence
tih-yei-NAH he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh IR IR u-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha KEN le-KHOL-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
Exegesis
The adverb kēn {כֵּן | kēn} signals a concluding summary, and the phrase ləkol hāʾellēh {לְכָל־הֶעָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה | ləkol hāʾellēh} ‘for all these cities’ generalizes the rule. The English rendering preserves Hebrew distributive emphasis and clarifies each city’s territorial bounds.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city, town”
In context — Joshua 21:42
These cities shall be each with its pasturelands surrounding it, thus for all these cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:42:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:42, so the Hebrew word הֶעָרִ֣ים (hearim) 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.21.42.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.42.W2.S1) and character.