Genesis 17:12:2Gen.17.12.W2TAB

יָמִ֗ים

yamim

days

Transliteration
ya-MIM
Extended
yah-MEEM
IPA
/jaː.ˈmiːm/

Meaning by language

English
days

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Result
יָ + מִ֗ים
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

    u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM

  3. clause

    u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM

  4. sentence

    u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef mi-KOL ben-ne-KHAR a-SHER LO mi-zar-a-KHA HU

Exegesis

The verse begins with the construct chain uven shemonat yamim {וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים | û-ḇen-šə-mō-nat yā-mîm} ‘a son of eight days’, functioning adverbially to specify age.

In contextGenesis 17:12

Every male among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, throughout your generations—whether he is born in the household or bought with money from a foreigner who is not of your descendants .

About this coordinate

Genesis 17:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 17:12, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֗ים (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 Gen.17.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.12.W2.S1) and character.