Genesis 47:9:13Gen.47.9.W13TAB
יְמֵי֙
yemei
“days of”
- Transliteration
- ye-MEI
- Extended
- yeh-MEE
- IPA
- /jə.ˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- days of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ye-MEI
- clause
me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-par-O ye-MEI she-NEI me-gu-RAI she-lo-SHIM u-me-AT sha-NA me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
Exegesis
The construct chain yemē šənê megūrāy {יְמֵי שְׁנֵי מְגוּרַי | yə-mê šə-nê mə-gû-rāy} ‘days of the years of my sojournings’ layers temporal measurement with the transient status of Jacob’s life.
In context — Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days comprising the years I have sojourned total one hundred and thirty. My days have been few and distressing , and they have not reached the span of years that my fathers experienced in their days of sojourning.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 47:9, so the Hebrew word יְמֵי֙ (yemei) 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.47.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.9.W13.S1) and character.