1 Kings 20:29:71 Kgs.20.29.W7TAB
בַּיּ֣וֹם
bayom
“on the day”
- Transliteration
- ba-YOM
- Extended
- bah-YOHM
- IPA
- /bajˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the day
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The construct šivʿat yāmîm {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šivʿat yāmîm} marks the seven-day duration, while the temporal clause bayyôm haš-šəbiʿî {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | bayyôm haš-šəbiʿî} pinpoints the climactic seventh day.
In context — 1 Kings 20:29
And these encamped opposite one another for seven days, and it happened on the seventh day that the battle drew near, and the sons of Israel struck down Aram one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 20:29, so the Hebrew word בַּיּ֣וֹם (bayom) 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.20.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.29.W7.S1) and character.