1 Kings 19:8:91 Kgs.19.8.W9TAB
יוֹם֙
yom
“day”
- Transliteration
- YOM
- Extended
- YOHM
- IPA
- /ˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
YOM
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-IM YOM
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
- sentence
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
Exegesis
The idiom arbaʿim yom wə-arbaʿim laylāh {אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה | ʾar-bā-ʿîm yôm wə-ar-bā-ʿîm lay-lāh} ‘forty days and forty nights’ expresses a complete period of trial.
In context — 1 Kings 19:8
He rose, ate, and drank; then, strengthened by that food, he journeyed forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word יוֹם֙ (yom) 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.19.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.8.W9.S1) and character.