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

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Result
מִן + הֶ + עָ + רִ֖ים
min + he + a + rim
minhearim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    min-he-a-RIM

  2. clause

    va-ye-as-FU be-NE-VIN-ya-min min-he-a-RIM ha-giv-a-TA

  3. 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 contextJudges 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.