Joshua 21:6:13Josh.21.6.W13TAB
עָרִ֖ים
arim
“cities”
- Transliteration
- a-RIM
- Extended
- ah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities
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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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Word in context
- word
a-RIM
- sentence
ve-li-vne ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT mat-TEH-yi-sa-SKHAR u-mi-mat-TEH-a-SHER u-mi-mat-TEH naf-ta-LI u-me-kha-TSI mat-TEH me-na-SHEH va-ba-SHAN ba-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
Exegesis
The object arim {עָרִ֖ים | ʿā-rîm} ‘cities’ is quantified by the compound numeral shelosh esreh {שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה | šə-lōš ʿeś-rēh} ‘three ten’, an additive Hebrew number expression yielding “thirteen,” which English renders as a single cardinal for clarity.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר‘-y-r
“towns, cities”
In context — Joshua 21:6
And to the sons of Gershon, from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 21:6, 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.21.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.6.W13.S1) and character.