Daniel 1:15:2Dan.1.15.W2TAB
יָמִ֣ים
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
ya-MIM a-sa-RA
- clause
oo-mik-TSAT ya-MIM a-sa-RA nir-AA mar-ee-HEM TOV oo-veh-ree-EE ba-SAR
- sentence
oo-mik-TSAT ya-MIM a-sa-RA nir-AA mar-ee-HEM TOV oo-veh-ree-EE ba-SAR min-KOL-ha-ye-la-DIM ha-o-khe-LIM ET pat-BAG ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal clause umiqtsat yamim asarah {וּמִקְצָת יָמִים עֲשָׂרָה | ū-miḳ-ṣaṯ yā-mîm ʿă-śarā} introducing “at the end of ten days.”
Root and etymology
מ־י־ם
“water”
In context — Daniel 1:15
And at the end of ten days, their appearance was seen to be better and healthier in flesh than all the youths who were eating the portion of the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 1:15, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֣ים (yamim) 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 Dan.1.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.15.W2.S1) and character.