1 Kings 17:7:31 Kgs.17.7.W3TAB
יָמִ֖ים
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
mik-KETS ya-MIM
- clause
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL KI LO-ha-YA GE-shem ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The temporal noun phrase mikkêṣ yāmîm {מִקֵּ֥ץ יָמִ֖ים | mikkêṣ yāmîm} ‘after days’ functions as an adverbial temporal clause.
Root and etymology
י-מ-ם
“day, period”
In context — 1 Kings 17:7
And it happened after some days that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֖ים (yamim) 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.17.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.7.W3.S1) and character.