יָמִ֔ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָמִ֔ים

   ya-MIM

   days
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֔ים

   li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM

   for two years days
3. clause🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֤וּ גֹֽזְזִים֙ לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם בְּבַ֥עַל חָצ֖וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִם־אֶפְרָ֑יִם

   va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM

   and it happened for two years days and there were shearers or sheepshearers for Absalom at Baal Hazor which or that near Ephraim
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֤וּ גֹֽזְזִים֙ לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם בְּבַ֥עַל חָצ֖וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִם־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיִּקְרָ֥א אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם לְכָל־בְּנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

   va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM le-khol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh

   and it happened for two years days and there were shearers or sheepshearers for Absalom at Baal Hazor which or that near Ephraim and he called or invited Absalom to all the sons of the king

Exegesis

The time expression lishnatayim yamim {לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֔ים | lišnātayim yāmîm}, literally “at two-years days,” functions idiomatically as “after two years.”