Genesis 8:14:5Gen.8.14.W5TAB

י֖וֹם

yom

day of

Transliteration
YOM
Extended
YOHM
IPA
/ˈjoːm/

Meaning by language

English
day of

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    YOM

  2. clause

    u-va-KHO-desh ha-she-NI be-shiv-A ve-es-RIM YOM la-KHO-desh

  3. sentence

    u-va-KHO-desh ha-she-NI be-shiv-A ve-es-RIM YOM la-KHO-desh yav-SHA ha-A-rets

Exegesis

The specific date be-shivʿah ve-esrim yom {בְּשִׁבְעָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים י֖וֹם | bə-šiḇ-ʿā(h) wə-ʿeś-rîm yôm} ‘on the twenty-seventh day’ follows the Hebrew units-before-tens numeral order, and la-khodesh {לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ | la-ḥō-ḏeš} ‘of the month’ serves as a genitive complement.

Root and etymology

י־ו־ם

day, time period

In contextGenesis 8:14

Then, in the second month , on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had become dry.

About this coordinate

Genesis 8:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 8:14, so the Hebrew word י֖וֹם (yom) 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.8.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.14.W5.S1) and character.