Genesis 2:4:6Gen.2.4.W6TAB
בְּי֗וֹם
beyom
“in the day when”
- Transliteration
- be-YOM
- Extended
- beh-YOHM
- IPA
- /bə.ˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the day when
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
- clause
be-YOM a-SOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM E-rets ve-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ha-A-rets be-hib-ba-re-AM be-YOM a-SOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM E-rets ve-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The idiom beyom asot {בְּי֗וֹם עֲשׂ֛וֹת | bə-yôm ʿă-śōt} “in the day of making” utilizes “day” to denote a period rather than a literal twenty-four hours. The shift from “heavens and earth” (initial) to “earth and heavens” (final) frames the focus transition to the earth-centered narrative.
In context — Genesis 2:4
This is the record of the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created—when the LORD God made earth and heavens.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 2:4, so the Hebrew word בְּי֗וֹם (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 Gen.2.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.4.W6.S1) and character.