Genesis 18:11:5Gen.18.11.W5TAB
בַּיָּמִ֑ים
bayamim
“in years”
- Transliteration
- ba-ya-MIM
- Extended
- bah-yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /baj.jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in years
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ya-MIM
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ve-sa-RA ze-ke-NIM ba-IM ba-ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ve-sa-RA ze-ke-NIM ba-IM ba-ya-MIM kha-DAL li-he-YOT le-sa-RA O-rakh ka-na-SHIM
Exegesis
The participle baim {בָּאִים | bā-ʾîm} with the prepositional phrase bayamim {בַּיָּמִים | bay-yā-mîm} ‘in the days’ functions as an idiom for being far advanced in life.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water, waters”
In context — Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old , far along in days, and the way of women had ceased to be for Sarah.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:11, so the Hebrew word בַּיָּמִ֑ים (bayamim) 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.18.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.11.W5.S1) and character.