Genesis 15:18:1Gen.15.18.W1TAB
בַּיּ֣וֹם
bayom
“on the day”
- Transliteration
- ba-YOM
- Extended
- bah-YOHM
- IPA
- /baj.ˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the day
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM ha-HU
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT Ye-ho-VAH et-av-RAM be-RIT le-MOR
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT Ye-ho-VAH et-av-RAM be-RIT le-MOR le-zar-a-KHA na-TAT-ti et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT min-ne-HAR mits-RAI-yim ad-ha-na-HAR ha-ga-DOL ne-har-pe-RAT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal phrase bayom hahu {בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא | bay-yôm hah-hû} ‘on that day’, which signals a specific, weighty historical moment and frames the following action as a decisive divine act.
In context — Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt up to the great river, the river Euphrates.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:18, so the Hebrew word בַּיּ֣וֹם (bayom) 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 Gen.15.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.18.W1.S1) and character.