Jonah 1:4:7Jonah.1.4.W7TAB
בַּיָּ֑ם
bayam
“in the sea”
- Transliteration
- ba-YAM
- Extended
- bah-YAAM
- IPA
- /bajˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the sea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-YAM
- clause
va-Ye-ho-VAH he-TIL ru-AKH-ge-do-LA el-ha-YAM va-ye-HI sa-AR-ga-DOL ba-YAM
- sentence
va-Ye-ho-VAH he-TIL ru-AKH-ge-do-LA el-ha-YAM va-ye-HI sa-AR-ga-DOL ba-YAM ve-ha-o-ni-YA khish-SHE-va le-hish-SHA-VER
Exegesis
The next verbal sequence, vayhi {וַיְהִ֥י | wa-yə-hî} ‘and there was’, introduces the immediate result: saar-gadol {סַֽעַר־גָּד֖וֹל | sāʿar-gādôl} ‘a great storm’ located bayam {בַּיָּ֑ם | bayyām} ‘in the sea’, keeping the narrative moving from divine act to natural upheaval.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–mem–mem
“sea”
In context — Jonah 1:4
But the LORD hurled a great wind toward the sea, and a great storm came to be in the sea, so that the ship seemed about to break.
About this coordinate
Jonah 1:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jonah 1:4, so the Hebrew word בַּיָּ֑ם (bayam) 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 Jonah.1.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.1.4.W7.S1) and character.