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
| 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
YOM
- clause
u-va-KHO-desh ha-she-NI be-shiv-A ve-es-RIM YOM la-KHO-desh
- 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 context — Genesis 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.