Exodus 19:1:7Exod.19.1.W7TAB
בַּיּ֣וֹם
bayom
“on the day”
- Transliteration
- ba-YOM
- Extended
- bah-YOHM
- IPA
- /baˈjoːm/
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-ZEH
- clause
ba-YOM ha-ZEH BAA-u mid-BAR see-NAI
- sentence
ba-KHO-desh ha-shlee-SHEE leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim ba-YOM ha-ZEH BAA-u mid-BAR see-NAI
Exegesis
A second temporal marker, bayom hazeh {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה | bā-yōm haz-zeh} ‘on this day’, zooms in on the specific day of arrival.
In context — Exodus 19:1
In the third month after the sons of Israel went out from the land of Egypt, on that same day they entered the wilderness of Sinai.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 19:1, 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.19.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.1.W7.S1) and character.