Numbers 35:4:2Num.35.4.W2TAB
הֶֽעָרִ֔ים
hearim
“of the cities”
- Transliteration
- he-a-RIM
- Extended
- heh-aa-REEEM
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʕaːˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
he-a-RIM
- clause
u-mig-re-SHEI he-a-RIM a-SHER tit-NU lal-vi-YIM
- sentence
u-mig-re-SHEI he-a-RIM a-SHER tit-NU lal-vi-YIM mi-KIR ha-IR va-KHU-tsa E-lef a-MAH sa-VIV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the construct chain umigrshei he'arim {וּמִגְרְשֵׁי֙ הֶעָרִ֔ים | ū·mig·rē·šê hê·‘ā·rîm} ‘pasturelands of the cities’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-yod-resh
“city, town”
In context — Numbers 35:4
And the pasturelands of the cities that you give to the Levites shall extend outward from the city wall for a thousand cubits on every side.
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 35:4, so the Hebrew word הֶֽעָרִ֔ים (hearim) 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.35.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.4.W2.S1) and character.