Genesis 21:4:6Gen.21.4.W6TAB
יָמִ֑ים
yamim
“days old”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaː.ˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- days old
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-MIM
- clause
va-ya-MAL av-ra-HAM et-yits-KHAK be-NO ben-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ya-MAL av-ra-HAM et-yits-KHAK be-NO ben-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM ka-a-SHER tsi-VA o-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The age expression ben shmonat yamim {בֶּן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים | ben-šə-mō-naṯ yā-mîm} is a construct chain functioning adverbially to state Isaac’s age at circumcision.
Root and etymology
m-y-m
“water, liquid”
In context — Genesis 21:4
On the eighth day of his life, Abraham circumcised Isaac, as God had commanded him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 21:4, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֑ים (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.21.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.4.W6.S1) and character.