1 Kings 14:20:11 Kgs.14.20.W1TAB
וְהַיָּמִים֙
vehayamim
“and the days”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ya-MIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /vəhaj.jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ya-MIM
- clause
ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA
- sentence
ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA va-yish-KAV im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH na-DAV be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction vehayamim {וְהַיָּמִים֙ | wə-hā-yā-yim} ‘and the days’, followed by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introducing a relative clause with the verb malakh {מָלַ֣ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned’.
Root and etymology
Rooty–w–m
“day, time period”
In context — 1 Kings 14:20
The days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years; then he lay down with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 14:20, so the Hebrew word וְהַיָּמִים֙ (vehayamim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.20.W1.S1) and character.