Genesis 39:11:2Gen.39.11.W2TAB
כְּהַיּ֣וֹם
kehayom
“like the day”
- Transliteration
- ke-ha-YOM
- Extended
- keh-hah-YOHM
- IPA
- /kə.hajˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the day
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ke-ha-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO ve-EIN ISH me-an-SHEI ha-BA-yit SHAM ba-BA-yit
Exegesis
The temporal idiom kehayyom hazzeh {כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה | kə-hay-yôm haz-zeh} literally ‘as this day’ functions as a time marker.
Root and etymology
y-w-myod–vav–mem
“day, daylight”
In context — Genesis 39:11
Now it happened on this day that he went into the house to do his work , and none of the men of the household was in the house.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 39:11, so the Hebrew word כְּהַיּ֣וֹם (kehayom) 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.39.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.11.W2.S1) and character.