Exodus 22:30:5Exod.22.30.W5TABWLC Exodus 22:29

יָמִים֙

yamim

days

Transliteration
ya-MIM
Extended
yah-MEEM
IPA
/jaːˈmiːm/

Meaning by language

English
days

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Result
יָ + מִים֙
ya + mim
yamim

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-MIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    shiv-AT ya-MIM

  3. clause

    shiv-AT ya-MIM yih-YE im-im-MO ba-YOM hash-she-mi-NI tit-te-no-LI

  4. sentence

    ken-ta-a-SE le-SHOR-kha le-tso-NE-kha shiv-AT ya-MIM yih-YE im-im-MO ba-YOM hash-she-mi-NI tit-te-no-LI

Exegesis

The temporal marker shiv‘at yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šîḇ‘at yāmîm} ‘seven days’ sets a fixed period.

In contextExodus 22:30

In this way you shall do with your ox and with your flock: for seven days it shall be with its mother ; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me .

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 22:30, so the Hebrew word יָמִים֙ (yamim) 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.22.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.30.W5.S1) and character.