Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5892
עִיר
ireer
excitement; city; City (of On); Ir-
1,090 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5892is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 157spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5892
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
The King James renders it: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ir is rendered "excitement; city; City (of On); Ir-". It stands 1,090 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- 157 of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "excitement".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 4:17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- The Greek text spells it 157 different ways.
The first use
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
Genesis 4:17עִ֔יר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word four senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: excitement, and city, and City (of On), and Ir-.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| excitementStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 4:17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch… |
| cityStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| City (of On)Strong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| Ir-Strong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the city159
- cities55
- the cities52
- cities of37
- city of30
- city his15
- in the city14
- a city13
- of the city10
- citi7
- cities their7
- in cities of7
and 48 more, 500 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עִיר | ir | watcher | Uses3 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
The first 500 of 1,090
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
157 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָעִ֖יר33
- הָעִ֔יר31
- הָעִ֑יר26
- הָעִיר֙20
- עָרֵ֣י20
- עָרִ֖ים19
- עָרִ֥ים19
- עִ֣יר18
- הָעִֽיר׃16
- הֶעָרִ֖ים10
- עָרֵ֥י10
- עִ֥יר9
and 145 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular159HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · masculine plural55HNcmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural52HTd/Ncmpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)38HNcfsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)37HNcmpc
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular30HRd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular23HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular16HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)12HR/Ncfsc
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)10HR/Ncmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural7HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular6HR/Ncfsa
Genesis
forty-eight uses
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- עִ֔ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
- הָעִ֥ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- עִ֗ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- בְּעָרֵ֣יbeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in cities of
What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
- הָעִ֜ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
- בָּעִ֑ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
- לָעִֽיר׃lairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
- הָעִ֨ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
- הֶעָרִ֣יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- הֶעָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- הֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
- עִיר֖וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
- עִירֽוֹ׃ironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
- לָעִ֖ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
- עִירָ֑םʾiramnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: city their
- עִירָ֖םʾiramnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: city their
All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
- עִיר֑וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
- עִירֽוֹ׃ironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
- בָּעִ֛ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- הֶֽעָרִים֙hearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- עִיר֖וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
- עִיר֖וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- עִיר֖וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
- בֶּעָרִ֖יםbearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the cities
During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
- בֶּעָרִ֑יםbearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the cities
- הָעִ֛ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
- הָעִיר֮hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
- הָעִֽירָה׃hairahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the city towards
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
- לֶעָרִ֑יםlearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to the cities
Exodus
three uses
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- עָרֵ֤יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Leviticus
fourteen uses
he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
- לָעִ֔ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.
- לָעִ֔ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
- לָעִ֔ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
- לָעִ֖ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a city of
If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.
- בָּעִ֜ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
- וְעָרֵי֙veareiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and cities of
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
- וְעִ֥ירveirconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and city of
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
- עָרֵיהֶ֖םʾareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cities their
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- עָרֵיכֶ֑םʾareikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: cities your
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
- עָֽרֵיכֶם֙ʾareikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: cities your
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- וְעָרֵיכֶ֖םveareikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and cities your
Numbers
forty-nine uses
Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
- הֶֽעָרִ֗יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
- וְהֶֽעָרִ֗יםvehearimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the cities
and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
- עִ֖ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the city of
So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
- עָרֵיהֶֽם׃ʾareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cities their
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
- עָרֵיהֶ֑םʾareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cities their
Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
- עִ֗ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
- מֵעִֽיר׃meirpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from a city
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
- עָרֵיהֶם֙ʾareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cities their
Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
- וְעָרִ֖יםvearimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and cities
But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
- בְּעָרֵ֣יbeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in cities of
Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
- עָרִים֙ʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
- בְּעָרֵ֥יbeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in cities of
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, 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 including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
- לְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙leareihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: to cities its
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- עָרִ֣יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
- לֶֽעָרִים֙learimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for the cities
The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
- הֶֽעָרִ֛יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
- הֶֽעָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
- לָעִ֗ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
- וְהָעִ֣ירvehairconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the city
- הֶעָרִֽים׃hearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
- הֶֽעָרִ֗יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- עִֽיר׃ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: citi
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
- הֶעָרִ֗יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- עִ֑ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: citi
The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
- וְהֶֽעָרִ֗יםvehearimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the cities
- מֵעָרָ֖יוmearavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: some of cities its
designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
- עָרִ֔יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
- הֶעָרִ֛יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
- וְהֶעָרִ֖יםvehearimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the cities
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
- הֶעָרִ֗יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- הֶֽעָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
- בְעִ֤ירveirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in city of
Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
Deuteronomy
fifty-seven uses
Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
- הֶֽעָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
- עָרִ֛יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
- עָרָיו֙ʾaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: cities his
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- וְהָעִ֨ירvehairconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the city
But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
- וְעָרֵ֣יveareiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and cities of
At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- עָרָיו֙ʾaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: cities his
- עִיר֙ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: citi
All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
- עָרִ֧יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
- מֵעָרֵ֥יmeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from cities of
We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- עָרֵ֛יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
- וְעָרָ֔יוvearavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and cities its
But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
- בְּעָ֣רֵיכֶ֔םbeareikhempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: in cities your
Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
- עָרִ֔יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- עָרִ֛יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
- עָרִ֛יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
- עָרֶ֗יךָʾareikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: cities your
that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
- עִירָ֖םʾiramnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: city their
you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
- הָעִ֥ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
- הָעִ֤ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,
- בְעָרֵיהֶ֖םveareihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in cities their
then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
- הֶעָרִים־hearim-the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
- עָרִ֔יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
- עִיר֔וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
- עִ֔ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
- בָעִ֛ירvairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
- הֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- מֵעָרֵ֥יmeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: any of cities of
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- מֵעָרֵ֤יmeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from cities of
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
- עִיר֩ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
- הֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֨ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
- הָעִ֨ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
- הָעִ֣ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
- עִיר֖וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
- עִיר֗וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- עִיר֤וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
- הָֽעִיר־hair-the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- עִירָ֤הּʾirahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: city her
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
- בָּעִ֖ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- הָעִ֣ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- בָעִ֔ירvairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
- עִיר֖וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
- בָּעִ֑ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
- בָּעִ֑ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
Joshua
157 uses
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
- הָעִ֗ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
- הָעִ֜ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
- הָעִ֛ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
- הָעִ֥ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
- הָעִ֙ירָה֙hairahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the city towards
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
- בָּעִ֔ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
- וְהָעִ֛ירvehairconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the city
At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
- הָעִ֤ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
- עִיר֖וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- לָעִ֖ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the city
with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
- לָעִיר֙lairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
- הָעִ֗ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
- לָעִֽיר׃lairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
- לָעִ֔ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
- לָעִ֑ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the city
When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
- הָעִ֣ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
- הָעִ֣ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
- עָרֵיהֶ֖םʾareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cities their
- וְעָרֵיהֶם֙veareihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and cities their
So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- עִ֤ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
- עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םʾareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cities their
So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
- עָרֶ֜יהָʾareihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: cities its
And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
- עָרֶ֙יהָ֙ʾareihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: cities its
Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
- הֶעָרִ֗יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
- הֶעָרִ֤יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
- עִ֗ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
- עָרֵיהֶ֖םʾareihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cities their
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- וְהָעִ֨ירvehairconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the city
and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- עָרֵי֙ʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
- וְהָעִ֨ירvehairconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the city
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- עָרֶ֖יהָʾareihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: cities its
all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
This was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
- עִֽיר׃ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: citi
half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
- עָרֵ֛יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
- עָרִים֙ʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
- וְעָרִים֙vearimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and cities
From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:
- הֶעָרִ֗יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֛יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.
- וְהֶעָרִ֗יםvehearimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the cities
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.
- עָרִ֤יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
- הֶֽעָרִ֣יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
- לֶֽעָרִ֛יםlearimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to the cities
On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
- עִ֖ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:
- הֶֽעָרִ֗יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
- הֶֽעָרִ֣יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.
- הֶֽעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Issachar, including these cities and their villages.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
- עִ֖ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֛יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Asher, including these cities and their villages.
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
- וְעָרֵ֖יveareiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and cities of
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Naphtali, including these cities and their villages.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.
- הֶֽעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
- מֵהֶעָרִ֣יםmehearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: of the cities
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִֽירhair-the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֙ירָה֙hairahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the city towards
He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
- בָּעִ֣ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
- עִירוֹ֙ironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: own city his
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
- עָרֵ֨יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name
- הֶֽעָרִ֣יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
- עִיר֙ʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֣יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities:
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
- עִ֨ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עִיר֙ʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Jarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עִ֣יר׀ʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans.
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- עִ֖ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: citi
From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah, and Nahalal—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
- עִיר֙ʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
- הֶ֨עָרִ֜יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- עָרִ֖יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- עָרִ֛יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
- הֶעָרִ֣יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
- עִ֔ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
- וְעָרִים֙vearimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and cities
Judges
fifty-five uses
Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
- הָעִ֥ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- עִ֗ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
- הָעִ֛ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- בְעִירוֹ֙veiropreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in city his
When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
- בָּעִ֗ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: against the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
- הָעִיר֒hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- עֲיָרִ֖יםʾayarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
- הֶֽעָרִים֙hearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
- עִ֗ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: citi
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
- בְּעָרֵ֥יbeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in cities of
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
- הָעִ֜ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
- מֵהָעִ֗ירmehairpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: from the city
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
- עִֽיר־ʾir-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
- הָעִ֜ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
- הֶעָרִ֖יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
- מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםmehearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the cities
The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
- מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםmehearimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from the cities
And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
- מֵעִ֤ירmeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from a city of
- הֶעָרִ֥יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
- הֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Ruth
four uses
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
1 Samuel
thirty-eight uses
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
- מֵֽעִירוֹ֙meiropreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from city his
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
- בָּעִ֔ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
- בָּעִיר֙bairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
- עָרֵ֤יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- מֵעִ֣ירmeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from a city of
The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
- הֶעָרִ֡יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- לְעִירֽוֹ׃ פleiropreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to own city his
“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
- בָּעִ֣ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
- לָעִ֔ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the city
As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
- הָעִ֣ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
So Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
- הָעִ֗ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
- עָרֵ֤יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
- עִיר֔וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”
- בָּעִ֗ירbairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
- עִיר־ʾir-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
- בְּעִ֖ירbeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a city of
And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
- לָעִ֖ירlairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the city
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- בְּעִ֥ירbeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in city of
Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
- וּבְעִיר֑וֹuveiroconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and in own city his
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
- בְּעָרֵ֣יbeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in cities of
- בְּעָרֵ֥יbeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in cities of
When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
- הֶֽעָרִים֙hearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
2 Samuel
forty-five uses
Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
- בְּעָרֵ֥יbeareipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in cities of
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֛ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- בְּעִ֣ירbeirpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in a city
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֛ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- עִיר֙ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: city
- מֵֽעִירוֹ֙meiropreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from city his
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִֽיר׃hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֣ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- עִיר֙ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
- הָעִ֥ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִֽירָה׃hairahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the city towards
- עִיר֔וֹironoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: city his
- מֵעִ֖ירmeirpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from city
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- בְּעִירִ֔יbeiripreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in own city my
- עָרִ֥יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
- הָעִ֔ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- עִ֤ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
- הָעִ֑ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֖ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִ֛ירhairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- עָרֵ֥יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
1 Kings
ten uses
- בְּעִ֥ירbeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in city of
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
- עָרִ֣יםʾarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cities
- מֵעִ֥ירmeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from city of
- בְעִ֗ירveirpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in a city
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- הָעִיר֙hairthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the city
- עִ֔ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: citi
- הֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
- הֶעָרִ֣יםhearimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cities
Psalms
twenty uses
- וְעָרִ֥יםvearimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and cities
- בְּעִ֣ירbeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a city of
- עִיר־ʾir-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: city of
- בְּעִ֥ירbeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in city of
- בְּעִיר־beir-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in city of
- בְּעִ֣ירbeirpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in city of
- בָּעִֽיר׃bairpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the city
- עִֽיר׃ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: city
- עִֽיר׃ʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: city
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a city of
- עָרֵ֣יʾareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cities of
- מֵ֝עִ֗ירmeirpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from city
- עִ֖ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O city of
- מֵֽעִיר־meir-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from city of
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a city of
- עִ֥ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a city of
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a city of
- עִ֣ירʾirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a city of
- כְּ֝עִ֗ירkeirpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: like a city
- עִ֝֗ירʾirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a city
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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
