וּבְיָמִ֤ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְיָמִ֤ים

   u-ve-ya-MIM

   and in days
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבְיָמִ֤ים אֲחָדִים֙

   u-ve-ya-MIM a-kha-DEEM

   and in days few
3. clause🔊 וּבְיָמִ֤ים אֲחָדִים֙ יִשָּׁבֵ֔ר וְלֹ֥א בְאַפַּ֖יִם וְלֹ֥א בְמִלְחָמָֽה׃

   u-ve-ya-MIM a-kha-DEEM yish-sha-VER ve-LO be-ap-PA-yim ve-LO be-mil-kha-MA

   and in days few will be broken and not in anger and not in war
4. sentence🔊 וְעָמַ֧ד עַל־כַּנּ֛וֹ מַעֲבִ֥יר נוֹגֵ֖שׂ הֶ֣דֶר מַלְכ֑וּת וּבְיָמִ֤ים אֲחָדִים֙ יִשָּׁבֵ֔ר וְלֹ֥א בְאַפַּ֖יִם וְלֹ֥א בְמִלְחָמָֽה׃

   veh-ah-MAD al-kan-NO ma-a-VEER no-GES HE-der mal-KHUT u-ve-ya-MIM a-kha-DEEM yish-sha-VER ve-LO be-ap-PA-yim ve-LO be-mil-kha-MA

   sending one who exacts glory kingdom will stand upon his place and in days few will be broken and not in anger and not in war

Exegesis

The temporal clause u-ve-yamim achadim {וּבְיָמִים אֲחָדִים | û-ḇə-yā-mîm ʾă-ḥā-ḏîm} ‘and within a few days’ signals swift reversal.