Joshua 21:8:4Josh.21.8.W4TAB
אֶת־הֶעָרִ֥ים
ethearim
“the cities”
- Transliteration
- ET-he-a-RIM
- Extended
- EET-heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt heʕaˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-he-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ET-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
- clause
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM ET-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen
- sentence
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM ET-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh ba-go-RAL
Exegesis
The coordination of direct objects occurs in et-he-arim ha-eleh {אֶת־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | ’et-hā-ʿārîm hā-’ēlleh} ‘these cities’ and ve-et-migrsheihen {וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן | wə-’et miḡrōšēhên} ‘and their pasturelands’, reflecting inclusive allocation.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר‘-y-r
“towns, cities”
In context — Joshua 21:8
And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses by lot.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הֶעָרִ֥ים (ethearim) 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.21.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.8.W4.S1) and character.