Judges 20:14:3Judg.20.14.W3TAB
מִן־הֶעָרִ֖ים
minhearim
“from the cities”
- Transliteration
- min-he-a-RIM
- Extended
- mihn-heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /min.hɛʕɔːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
min-he-a-RIM
- clause
va-ye-as-FU be-NE-VIN-ya-min min-he-a-RIM ha-giv-a-TA
- sentence
va-ye-as-FU be-NE-VIN-ya-min min-he-a-RIM ha-giv-a-TA la-TSET lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional clause min he’arim {מִן־הֶעָרִים | min-hê-ʿārîm} ‘from the cities’ specifies points of origin.
In context — Judges 20:14
And the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:14, so the Hebrew word מִן־הֶעָרִ֖ים (minhearim) 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 Judg.20.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.14.W3.S1) and character.