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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Result
וּ + בַ + יּ֥וֹם
u + va + yom
uvayom

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-YOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I

  3. clause

    SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.