Exodus 20:11:2Exod.20.11.W2TAB
שֵֽׁשֶׁת־יָמִים֩
shehshetyahmim
“six days”
- Transliteration
- sheh-shet-yah-MIM
- Extended
- sheh-sheht-yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /ʃe.ʃɛt.jaˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- six days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sheh-shet-yah-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE
- sentence
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE al-KEN be-RAKH Ye-ho-VAH et-YOM hash-sha-BAT va-ye-kad-SHE-hu
Exegesis
The construct phrase sheshet yamim {שֵׁשֶׁת־יָמִים | šē-šeṯ-yā-mîm} ‘six days’ appears before the verb asah {עָשָׂה | ʿā-śāh} ‘he made’, emphasizing the timeframe of divine activity.
Root and etymology
shin–shin–tavshin–shin–tav
“six”
In context — Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD created the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is within them, and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 20:11, so the Hebrew word שֵֽׁשֶׁת־יָמִים֩ (shehshetyahmim) 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.20.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.11.W2.S1) and character.