Jonah 2:3:4Jonah.2.3.W4TABWLC Jonah 2:4
יַמִּ֔ים
yamim
“seas”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /jamˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- seas
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
bil-le-VAV ya-MIM
- sentence
va-tash-li-KHE-ni me-tsu-LA bil-le-VAV ya-MIM ve-na-HAR ye-sov-VE-ni KAL-mish-ba-RE-kha ve-gal-LE-kha a-LAI a-va-RU
Exegesis
The following locative chain metzulah {מְצוּלָה | mə-ṣû-lāh} ‘deep’ plus belevav yamim {בְּלֵבַב יַמִּים | bə-lēḇāḇ yam-mîm} ‘in the heart of seas’ stacks spatial markers to intensify descent and centrality, using “heart” as an idiom for the innermost place.
In context — Jonah 2:3
And You cast me into the deep , in the heart of the seas; the flood surrounded me, all Your breakers and Your waves passed over me.
About this coordinate
Jonah 2:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jonah 2:3, so the Hebrew word יַמִּ֔ים (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 Jonah.2.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.3.W4.S1) and character.