Jeremiah 13:6:3Jer.13.6.W3TAB
יָמִ֣ים
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
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
- phraseyour reading level
ya-MIM ra-BIM
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-KETS ya-MIM ra-BIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-KETS ya-MIM ra-BIM va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-KAKH mi-SHAM eT-ha-e-ZOR a-SHER tsi-vi-TI-kha le-tam-NO-SHAM
Exegesis
The construct phrase miqqets yamim rabbim {מִקֵּ֖ץ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים | miqqēṣ yāmîm rabbîm} ‘after many days’ indicates an extended interval.
Root and etymology
y-m-myod–mem–mem
“day, period”
In context — Jeremiah 13:6
And it happened after many days that the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath , and take from there the girdle which I commanded you to hide there.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 13:6, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֣ים (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 Jer.13.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.6.W3.S1) and character.