1 Samuel 18:10:141 Sam.18.10.W14TAB
בְּי֑וֹם
beyom
“in a day”
- Transliteration
- be-YOM
- Extended
- beh-YOHM
- IPA
- /bəˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a day
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-YOM be-YOM
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM ve-ha-kha-NIT be-yad-sha-UL
Exegesis
David’s continuous action is framed by the idiom menaggēn bə-yāḏô kə-yôm bə-yôm {מְנַגֵּן בְּיָדוֹ כְּיוֹם בְּיוֹם | me-nag-gēn bə-yā-ḏô kə-yôm bə-yôm} ‘playing by his hand as day by day,’ highlighting habitual repetition.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–vav–mem
“day”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:10
And it happened on the next day that an evil spirit of God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied within the house, while David was playing by his hand as day by day; and the spear was in Saul’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word בְּי֑וֹם (beyom) 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.18.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.10.W14.S1) and character.