Exodus 19:16:2Exod.19.16.W2TAB
בַיּ֨וֹם
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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Word in context
- word
ba-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER ba-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The temporal expression bayom hashlishi {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי | bay-yôm haš-šə-lî-šî} ‘on the third day’ is followed by the infinitival circumstantial bihyot haboker {בִּהְיֹת הַבֹּקֶר | bih-yōṯ ha-bō-qer} ‘when it was morning’.
In context — Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning arrived, there were sounds and lightnings, and a heavy cloud lay on the mountain; the sound of a shofar was extremely loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 19:16, so the Hebrew word בַיּ֨וֹם (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.19.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.16.W2.S1) and character.