Deuteronomy 18:16:7Deut.18.16.W7TAB

בְּי֥וֹם

beyom

on the day

Transliteration
be-YOM
Extended
beh-YOHM
IPA
/bəˈjoːm/

Meaning by language

English
on the day

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + י֥וֹם
be + yom
beyom

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-YOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-YOM ha-ka-HAL

  3. clause

    ke-KOL a-SHER-sha-AL-ta me-IM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha be-KHO-rev be-YOM ha-ka-HAL le-MOR

  4. sentence

    ke-KOL a-SHER-sha-AL-ta me-IM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha be-KHO-rev be-YOM ha-ka-HAL le-MOR LO o-SEF lish-MO-a et-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ve-ET-ha-ESH ha-gdo-LAH ha-ZOT lo-er-EH OD ve-LO a-MUT

Exegesis

The temporal setting bechorev beyom hakahal {בְּחֹרֵ֔ב בְּי֥וֹם הַקָּהָ֖ל | bə-ḥō-rēḇ bə-yôm ha-qā-hāl} ‘at Horeb on the day of the assembly’ locates the Sinai theophany.

In contextDeuteronomy 18:16

According to all that you asked from the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, “I will not continue to hear the voice of the LORD my God, nor will I see this great fire again, lest I die.”

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 18:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 18:16, so the Hebrew word בְּי֥וֹם (beyom) 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 Deut.18.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.16.W7.S1) and character.