Exodus 14:28:11Exod.14.28.W11TAB
בַּיָּ֑ם
bayam
“into the sea”
- Transliteration
- ba-YAM
- Extended
- bah-YAAM
- IPA
- /bajˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the sea
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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 Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-YAM
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM lo-nish-AR ba-HEM ad-e-KHAD
Exegesis
The participle habba’im {הַבָּאִים | habbāʾîm} ‘those coming’, together with the prepositional phrases aḥarehem {אַחֲרֵיהֶם | ’ăḥărêhēm} and bayyām {בַּיָּם | bayyām} ‘after them in the sea’, specifies the context of pursuit.
Root and etymology
y-myod–mem
“sea”
In context — Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh that pursued them into the sea, and not one remained among them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 14:28, so the Hebrew word בַּיָּ֑ם (bayam) 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 Exod.14.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.28.W11.S1) and character.