Exodus 34:21:4Exod.34.21.W4TAB
וּבַיּ֥וֹם
uvayom
“and on the day”
- Transliteration
- u-va-YOM
- Extended
- oo-vah-YOHM
- IPA
- /u.vaj.ˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and on the day
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-va-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I
- clause
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT be-kha-RISH u-va-ka-TSIR tish-BOT
Exegesis
The conjunction and prepositional phrase u-vayom hashvi'i {וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י | wə-yōm ha-šə-ḇî-ʿî} ‘and on the seventh day’ introduces the sabbath clause.
In context — Exodus 34:21
Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing and in harvest you shall rest.
About this coordinate
Exodus 34:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 34:21, so the Hebrew word וּבַיּ֥וֹם (uvayom) 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.34.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.34.21.W4.S1) and character.