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

Result
לַ + יָּ + מִים֙
la + ya + mim
layamim

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-ya-MIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.