2 Samuel 16:23:52 Sam.16.23.W5TAB
בַּיָּמִ֣ים
bayamim
“in the days”
- Transliteration
- ba-ya-MIM
- Extended
- bah-yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /baj.jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
- clause
va-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel a-SHER ya-ATS ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ka-a-SHER yish-AL-Esh bid-VAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel a-SHER ya-ATS ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ka-a-SHER yish-AL-Esh bid-VAR ha-e-lo-HIM KEN kal-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel gam-le-da-VID GAM le-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The adverbial bayyamim hāhēm {בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם | ba-yyā-mîm hā-hēm} ‘in those days’ situates the action.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:23
And the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of God ; so was all the advice of Ahithophel, both for David and for Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 16:23, so the Hebrew word בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bayamim) 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.16.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.23.W5.S1) and character.