Exodus 16:5:2Exod.16.5.W2TAB
בַּיּ֣וֹם
bayom
“on the day”
- Transliteration
- ba-YOM
- Extended
- bah-YOHM
- IPA
- /baj.ˈjoːm/
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 ha-shi-SHEE
- clause
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE ve-he-khi-NU ET a-sher-ya-VI-u
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE ve-he-khi-NU ET a-sher-ya-VI-u ve-ha-YA mish-NEH AL a-sher-yil-ke-TU YOM YOM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect vehayah {וְהָיָה֙ | wə-hā-yāh} establishing a future temporal framework, followed by the temporal expression bayom hashishi {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י | bā-yōm ha-šîšî} “on the sixth day.”
Root and etymology
y-w-myod–vav–mem
“day, period”
In context — Exodus 16:5
On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be double of what they gather each day .
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 16:5, 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.16.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.5.W2.S1) and character.