Numbers 32:33:22Num.32.33.W22TAB
עָרֵ֥י
arei
“the cities of”
- Transliteration
- a-REI
- Extended
- ah-REI
- IPA
- /ʕaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cities of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-REI
- phraseyour reading level
a-REI ha-A-retz
- clause
ha-A-retz le-a-re-HA big-vu-LOT a-REI ha-A-retz sa-VIV
- sentence
va-yi-TEN la-HEM mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH ben-YO-sef ET-mam-le-KHET si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI ve-ET-mam-le-KHET OG ME-lekh ha-ba-SHAN ha-A-retz le-a-re-HA big-vu-LOT a-REI ha-A-retz sa-VIV
Exegesis
The geographic chain hā-ʾāreṣ lə-ʿāreh-yāhā bigv̱ulōṯ ʿārē hā-ʾāreṣ sāḇîḇ {הָאָרֶץ לְעָרֶיהָ בִּגְבֻלֹת עָרֵי הָאָרֶץ סָבִיב} ‘the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the land all around’ uses nested constructs to emphasize the completeness of the allotment. English asyndeton and em dashes preserve the exhaustive listing and highlight scope.
In context — Numbers 32:33
Moses gave to the sons of Gad, to the sons of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan—the land with its cities within its borders, the cities of the land all around.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:33:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Numbers 32:33, so the Hebrew word עָרֵ֥י (arei) 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 Num.32.33.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.33.W22.S1) and character.