2 Kings 21:25:102 Kgs.21.25.W10TAB
הַיָּמִ֖ים
hayamim
“the days”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-MIM
- Extended
- hah-yaa-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-MON 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 prepositional phrase al sefer divrei hayamim lemalkei yehudah {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה | ʿal sê-fer dib-rê ha-yā-mîm lᵉ-ma-lḵê yə-hū-dā} ‘in the book of the words of the days for the kings of Judah’ denotes the official chronicle. The English translation retains the Hebrew’s rhetorical question and construct relationships to preserve its historiographical style.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–mem–mem
“days”
In context — 2 Kings 21:25
And the rest of the words of Amon, which he did—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 21:25, 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.21.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.25.W10.S1) and character.