2 Kings 16:19:102 Kgs.16.19.W10TAB
הַיָּמִ֖ים
hayamim
“the days”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-MIM
- Extended
- hah-yah-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
div-RE ha-ya-MIM
- clause
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE a-KHAZ a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The phrase al-sefer divrei hayamim {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים | ʿal-se-fer dî-vrē ha-yā-mîm} specifies the archival source, and lemalchei Yehudah {לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה | le-mal-khê yĕ-hū-dāh} “for the kings of Judah” identifies the dynastic scope, completing the historiographical formula.
Root and etymology
י־ם
“sea, large basin”
In context — 2 Kings 16:19
Now the remaining acts of Ahaz, what he did—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 16:19, so the Hebrew word הַיָּמִ֖ים (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 2 Kgs.16.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.19.W10.S1) and character.