2 Samuel 16:3:132 Sam.16.3.W13TAB
הַיּ֗וֹם
hayom
“today”
- Transliteration
- ha-YOM
- Extended
- hah-YOHM
- IPA
- /hajˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- today
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YOM
- clause
va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh ve-a-YE ben-a-do-NE-kha va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּ֣י | kî} ‘for’ introduces the reason clause with ʼāmar {אָמַ֔ר | ʼāmar} ‘he said,’ and hayyōm {הַיּ֗וֹם | hayyōm} ‘today’ sets the temporal frame.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, “Where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem , for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 16:3, so the Hebrew word הַיּ֗וֹם (hayom) 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.16.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.3.W13.S1) and character.