Exodus 16:26:4Exod.16.26.W4TAB
וּבַיּ֧וֹם
uvayom
“but on the day”
- Transliteration
- u-va-YOM
- Extended
- oo-vah-YOHM
- IPA
- /u.vajˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- but on the day
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-YOM hash-she-vee-EE
- clause
u-va-YOM hash-she-vee-EE shab-BAT LO yih-yeh-BO
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM til-ke-TU-hu u-va-YOM hash-she-vee-EE shab-BAT LO yih-yeh-BO
Exegesis
The coordinate prepositional phrase uvayom {וּבַיּוֹם | û-ḇa-yôm} ‘and in the day’ introduces a temporal contrast, with the ordinal hashhevi'i {הַשְּׁבִיעִי | haš-šə-ḇî-ʿî} ‘the seventh’ and appositional shabbat {שַׁבָּת | šab-bāṯ} ‘Sabbath’ specifying its covenantal identity.
Root and etymology
“day, period”
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 16:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:26, so the Hebrew word וּבַיּ֧וֹם (uvayom) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.26.W4.S1) and character.