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Genesis 3:10

And he is saying, `I have heard אֶת-your voice in the Enclosure, and I am fearing, for the city of themselves121 is my self,122 and I am hiding.`

Footnote:

121

The form עירם is composed of the singular noun עִיר (“city”) with the third person masculine plural pronominal suffix -ם (“their”), yielding the meaning “their city.” This form contrasts with the explicit plural עירמם (“their cities”), formed from the plural עָרִים, which appears more commonly in narrative or legal prose (e.g., Num. 32:17).