Exodus 16:27:2Exod.16.27.W2TAB
בַּיּ֣וֹם
bayom
“on the day”
- Transliteration
- ba-YOM
- Extended
- bah-YOHM
- IPA
- /bajˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the day
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT ve-LO ma-tsa-U
Exegesis
The temporal phrase bayyom hashevi'i {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | bə-yōm haš-šə-ḇî-ʿî} ‘on the seventh day’ foregrounds the Sabbath setting.
Root and etymology
y-w-myod–vav–mem
“day, period”
In context — Exodus 16:27
And it occurred on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 16:27, so the Hebrew word בַּיּ֣וֹם (bayom) 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.16.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.27.W2.S1) and character.