1 Samuel 17:12:141 Sam.17.12.W14TAB
בִּימֵ֣י
bime
“in the days of”
- Transliteration
- bi-ME
- Extended
- bih-MEE
- IPA
- /biːˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the days of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-ME
- phraseyour reading level
bi-ME sha-UL
- clause
ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM
- sentence
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM
Exegesis
The temporal bimei Shaul {בִּימֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל | bî-mê šāʾûl} ‘in the days of Saul’ introduces the time frame.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse ; he had eight sons, and in the days of Saul he was old .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word בִּימֵ֣י (bime) 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.17.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.12.W14.S1) and character.