לֶ/עָרִ֑ים

𐤋/𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌

learim

to the cities

or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

H5892

Genesis 47:21 · Word #5

Lexicon H5892

Lemmaעִיר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤏𐤉𐤓
Transliterationʻîyr
Strong'sH5892
In-contextto the cities

Morphology HRd/Ncfpa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H5892-37

to the wake-guarded cities

Rootעור (ʿ-w-r)
Core Meaningsto rouse, awaken, be alert, keep watch
Semantic Rangecity, town, fortified settlement, encampment, administrative center
Conceptual SignificanceIn biblical thought, a city is not merely a population center but a protected, watch-guarded community. The term evokes security, organized society, and covenant life lived within defended boundaries.
Morphological NotesPreposition לְ (to/for) with assimilated definite article + noun עִיר, feminine plural absolute ("the cities").
Rendering RationaleThe noun עִיר derives from a root associated with wakefulness and watchfulness, reflecting a settlement protected by alert guardians. The form לֶעָרִים combines the preposition לְ ("to/for") with the definite article and the feminine plural noun, yielding "to the ... cities," here rendered in a way that preserves the root sense of watchful guarding.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root עור (to rouse, awaken, be alert, keep watch)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5782-01 airah Let me rouse myself
H5892-01 aray my watch-cities
H5892-03 arayv his watch-guarded cities
H5892-05 areyha her watch-cities
H5892-06 areyhem their watch-cities
H5892-07 areykha your watch-guarded cities
H5892-08 areykhem your (masc. pl.) watch-cities
H5892-09 arim watch-kept cities
H5895-01 ayarim young burden-bearer colts
ayir a load-raised colt
H5892-10 bair in the guarded city
H4631-01 bamearah in the hollowed cave
bamearot in the hollowed caves
H5785-01 baor in the skin
H5892-12 bearey in the watch-cities of
H5892-13 beareyha in her watch-cities
H5892-14 beareyhem in their watch-cities
H5892-15 beareykhem in your watch-cities
H5892-16 beareynu in our watch-cities
H5892-17 bearim in the watch-cities
H5892-18 beir in the guarded city
H5892-19 beiri in my guarded city
H5892-20 beiro in his watch-city
H6147-01 er Awake-One
H5892-21 hair the watch-guarded city
H5892-22 hairah toward the guarded city
hairotihu I have caused him to awaken
H5787-01 haiver the blinded man
H4631-02 hamearah the hollowed cavern
H5785-02 haor the hide
H5782-02 heir he roused
H5782-03 hiteoreri Rouse yourself
H5892-24 hyr the wake-guarded city
H5892-25 ir city (feminine singular); cities (feminine plural); city of (feminine singular construct)
H5892-26 irah her watch-city
H5892-27 iram their guarded-city
H5892-28 irekha your watch-guarded city
H5892-29 iri my watch-guarded city
H5894-01 irin the wakeful ones
H5892-30 iro his wake-guarded city
H5787-02 iver a struck-blind man
H5787-03 iverim blind men
H5892-31 kearim like watch-cities
H5892-32 keir like a wake-guarded city
khaiverim like sightless men
H5892-33 lair to the watch-city
H5892-34 learey to the watch-cities of
H5892-35 leareyha to her watch-cities
H5892-36 leareyhem to their guarded cities
H6197-01 leeran to Watchful-one (Eran)
H5892-38 leir to a watch-city
H5892-39 leiro to his watch-city
H5892-41 mearey from the watch-cities of
H5892-42 meareyhem from their watch-cities
H5892-43 mehair from the watchful city
H4631-04 mehamearah from the bare-hollow
H5892-44 mehearim from the guarded cities
H5892-45 meir from the guarded city
H5892-46 meirekha from your watch-city
H5892-47 meiro from his guarded city
H5782-04 orer one who stirs up
H5782-05 orerah Rouse yourself!
H5785-05 orot skins of
H5782-06 tairu you all cause to awaken
H5782-07 teoreru you (masculine plural) rouse yourselves
H5892-48 ulearey and to the watch-cities of
H5782-08 urah Awake!
H5782-09 uri Awake, you (feminine)!
H5892-49 uvearayv and in his watch-cities
H5892-50 uvearey and in the watch-cities of
H5892-51 uveiro and in his watch-guarded city
H5892-52 vair in the watchful city
H4631-05 vamearah in the bare hollow
H5892-53 vearayv and his guarded cities
H5892-54 vearey and watch-cities of
H5892-55 veareyha and her wake-guarded cities
H5892-56 veareyhem and their watch-cities
H5892-57 veareykha and your watch-cities
H5892-58 veareykhem and your watch-cities
H5892-60 vehair and the watch-guarded city
H4631-06 vehamearah and the hollowed cave
H5892-61 vehearim and the watch-cities
H5892-62 veir watch-city
H5892-63 veiro in his guarded city
H5892-64 velearim and to the guarded cities
H5785-08 veorot and skins of
H5892-65 vyr in a wake-guarded city
H5786-01 yeaver he makes blind
H5782-10 yeoru let them be awakened

Word Usage (1095 occurrences of H5892)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 4:17 עִ֔יר ir a city
Genesis 4:17 הָ/עִ֔יר hair of the city
Genesis 10:11 עִ֖יר ir Ir
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