2 Samuel 14:26:62 Sam.14.26.W6TAB
לַיָּמִים֙
layamim
“to the days”
- Transliteration
- la-ya-MIM
- Extended
- lah-yaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /laj.jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM
- clause
u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO
- sentence
u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The temporal circumstantial phrase miq-qêṣ yā-mîm la-yā-mîm {מִקֵּ֨ץ יָמִים לַיָּמִים֙ | miq-qêṣ yā-mîm la-yā-mîm} ‘from the end of days at intervals’ provides a recurring timeframe.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:26
And whenever he shaved his head, it was at the close of the year ; at the time he would shave it—because his hair weighed heavily on him—he would shave it and then weigh the hair of his head: two hundred shekels by the king’s stone .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word לַיָּמִים֙ (layamim) 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 Sam.14.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.26.W6.S1) and character.