1 Samuel 20:27:161 Sam.20.27.W16TAB
גַּם־הַיּֽוֹם
gamhayom
“also today”
- Transliteration
- gam-ha-YOM
- Extended
- gahm-hah-YOHM
- IPA
- /gam.təˈmoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- also today
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
gam-ha-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
gam-ha-YOM el-hal-LE-khem
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT ha-KHO-desh hash-she-NI va-yip-pa-KED me-KOM da-VID va-yo-MER sha-UL el-ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO mad-DU-a lo-VA ben-yi-SHAI gam-te-MOL gam-ha-YOM el-hal-LE-khem
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive vayhi {וַיְהִ֣י | va-ye-hî} precedes the construct chain hayom hasheni lachodesh {הַיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי לַחֹדֶשׁ | ha-yôm ha-šê-nî la-ḥō-ḏêš} “the day the second of the month.”
The construct ben-yishai {בֶן־יִשַׁי | ben-yi-šā́y} identifies David by lineage, and the coordinated temporal phrase hayom vegam et-etmol {הַיּוֹם וְגַם־אֶת־אֶתְמוֹל | ha-yôm wĕ-gam-’et-’et-mōl} “today and also yesterday” emphasizes continuous absence. The Hebrew VSO interrogative is rendered as English SVO, and the series of vav-consecutives preserves narrative flow.
Root and etymology
י–ו–ם
“day”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:27
And it was the next day, the second day of the month, and David’s place was filled; and Saul said to Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come today and also yesterday to the meal?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:27:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 20:27, so the Hebrew word גַּם־הַיּֽוֹם (gamhayom) 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.20.27.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.27.W16.S1) and character.