H5892B–עִיר–ir

The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;

עִ֨יר 'ir “[the] city of”

And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.

עָרִ֥ים 'a.Rim “[the] cities”

And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.

עִיר֙ 'ir “[the] city of”עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.

עִ֣יר׀ 'ir “[the] city of”עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.

עָרֵ֥י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”עִ֖יר 'ir “citi[es]”

Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;

עִיר֙ 'ir “[the] city of”

Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.

עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “[the] cities”

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים (עָרִ֜ים) 'a.Rim “cities”עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim “cities”

All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”עָרִ֛ים 'a.Rim “[were] cities”

Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.

הֶעָרִ֣ים (עָרִ֣ים) 'a.Rim “cities”עִ֣יר 'ir “a city”עִ֔יר 'Ir “a city”הֶעָרִ֥ים (עָרִ֥ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And I gave you a land on which you had done no work, and towns not of your building, and you are now living in them; and your food comes from vine-gardens and olive-gardens not of your planting.

וְעָרִים֙ (עָרִים֙) 'a.Rim “cities”

Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

הָעִ֥יר (עִ֥יר) 'Ir “city”

And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

עִ֗יר 'Ir “a city”