Ezekiel 16:4:2Ezek.16.4.W2TAB
בְּי֨וֹם
beyom
“in the day of”
- Transliteration
- be-YOM
- Extended
- beh-YOHM
- IPA
- /bəˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the day of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
be-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH
- clause
u-mo-le-do-TA-yikh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH u-ve-ma-YIM lo-ru-KHATS-te le-mish-E
- sentence
u-mo-le-do-TA-yikh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH u-ve-ma-YIM lo-ru-KHATS-te le-mish-E ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te
Exegesis
The temporal clause be-yom hûlledet ʾōṯāḵ {בְּיוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אֹתָךְ | bə-yōm hûl-le-ḏeṯ ʾō-ṯāḵ} ‘on the day you were born’ frames the timeframe.
In context — Ezekiel 16:4
And as for your birth , on the day you were born, your cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for cleansing , nor were you salted, and you were not swaddled.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:4, so the Hebrew word בְּי֨וֹם (beyom) 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 Ezek.16.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.4.W2.S1) and character.