Exodus 15:1:17Exod.15.1.W17TAB
בַיָּֽם׃
bayam
“into the sea”
- Transliteration
- ba-YAM
- Extended
- bah-YAAM
- IPA
- /bajˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the sea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
ra-MA ba-YAM
- clause
a-shi-RA la-ye-ho-VAH ki-ga-OH ga-AA SOOS ve-ROKH-vo ra-MA ba-YAM
- sentence
AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT la-ye-ho-VAH va-yom-ROO leh-MOR a-shi-RA la-ye-ho-VAH ki-ga-OH ga-AA SOOS ve-ROKH-vo ra-MA ba-YAM
Exegesis
Finally, the perfect ramah with ba-yam {רָמָ֥ה בַיָּֽם | rāmāh ba-yām} ‘he has thrown into the sea’ completes the depiction of God’s victorious deliverance. The Hebrew fronted subjects and parallel infinitive clauses are mirrored in English to emphasize divine agency.
Root and etymology
י־ם
“sea”
In context — Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD , saying, “I will sing to the LORD, because He has risen in victory; He has flung the horse and its rider into the sea.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 15:1, so the Hebrew word בַיָּֽם׃ (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.15.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.1.W17.S1) and character.