1 Samuel 13:11:141 Sam.13.11.W14TAB
הַיָּמִ֔ים
hayamim
“the days”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-MIM
- Extended
- hah-yaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /haj.jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM
- clause
va-yo-MER sha-UL ki-ra-I-ti ki-na-FATS ha-AM me-laI ve-a-TA lo-va-TA le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM u-fe-lish-TIM ne-e-sa-FIM mi-khe-MAS
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL ME a-SI-ta va-yo-MER sha-UL ki-ra-I-ti ki-na-FATS ha-AM me-laI ve-a-TA lo-va-TA le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM u-fe-lish-TIM ne-e-sa-FIM mi-khe-MAS
Exegesis
The temporal construct lə-mō-‘ēd ha-yā-mîm {לְמוֹעֵ֣ד הַיָּמִ֔ים | lə-mō-‘ēd ha-yā-mîm} expresses the agreed time.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:11
Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “Because I saw that the people had scattered from me, that you had not come at the appointed time of the days, and that the Philistines were gathering at Michmash.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:11:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 13:11, so the Hebrew word הַיָּמִ֔ים (hayamim) 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 Sam.13.11.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.11.W14.S1) and character.