1 Samuel 22:15:11 Sam.22.15.W1TAB
הַיּ֧וֹם
hayom
“today”
- Transliteration
- ha-YOM
- Extended
- hah-YOHM
- IPA
- /hajˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- today
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YOM ha-khi-lo-TI
- clause
ha-YOM ha-khi-lo-TI le-sha-ol-lish-AL-LO ve-e-lo-HIM kha-LI-la LI
- sentence
ha-YOM ha-khi-lo-TI le-sha-ol-lish-AL-LO ve-e-lo-HIM kha-LI-la LI al-ya-SEM ha-ME-lekh be-av-DO da-VAR be-khol-BET a-VI KI lo-ya-DA av-de-KHA be-khol-ZOT da-VAR ka-TON O ga-DOL
Exegesis
The Hebrew text opens with the temporal adverb hayom {הַיּוֹם | ha-yôm} ‘today’, followed by the Hiphil perfect hachillôtî {הַחִלֹּתִי | ha-ḥillôtî} ‘have I begun’, which introduces a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
yod–vav–memyod–vav–mem
“day, time period”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:15
Today have I begun to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king place any matter against his servant or against the house of my father, for your servant knows nothing at all of this matter, whether small or great.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 22:15, so the Hebrew word הַיּ֧וֹם (hayom) 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.22.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.15.W1.S1) and character.