Job 17:12:2Job.17.12.W2TAB

לְי֣וֹם

leyom

to day

Transliteration
le-YOM
Extended
leh-YOHM
IPA
/ləˈjoːm/

Meaning by language

English
to day

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Result
לְ + י֣וֹם
le + yom
leyom

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    le-YOM

  2. clause

    LAI-la le-YOM ya-SI-mu

  3. sentence

    LAI-la le-YOM ya-SI-mu OR ka-ROV mi-pe-NE-KHO-shekh

Exegesis

The fronted objects laylah {לַיְלָה | laylāh} ‘night’ and leyom {לְיוֹם | lə-yôm} ‘to day’ precede the verb yasimu {יָשִׂימוּ | yāśîmû} ‘they set/place’, producing emphasis: “night—into day—they put,” highlighting the claimed inversion of reality.

In contextJob 17:12

They turn night into day; light is near in the face of darkness.

About this coordinate

Job 17:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:12, so the Hebrew word לְי֣וֹם (leyom) 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 Job.17.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.12.W2.S1) and character.