Exodus 16:26:2Exod.16.26.W2TAB
יָמִ֖ים
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaː.ˈmiːm/
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
SHE-shet ya-MIM
- clause
SHE-shet ya-MIM til-ke-TU-hu
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM til-ke-TU-hu u-va-YOM hash-she-vee-EE shab-BAT LO yih-yeh-BO
Exegesis
The temporal phrase sheshet yamim {שֵׁ֥שֶׁת יָמִים | šê-šeṯ yā-mîm} ‘six days’ is fronted to establish the standard work rhythm.
In context — Exodus 16:26
For six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath , there will be none.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 16:26, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֖ים (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 Exod.16.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.26.W2.S1) and character.