בַּיּ֣וֹם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּיּ֣וֹם

   ba-YOM

   on the day
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י

   va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I

   and it happened on the day the seventh
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לְאֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗ךְ וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף אוֹתָ֛ךְ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָבִ֖יךְ בָּאֵ֑שׁ

   va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH

   and it happened on the day the seventh and they said to the wife of Samson entice your husband and let him tell to us the riddle lest we burn you and {the} house of your father with fire
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לְאֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗ךְ וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף אוֹתָ֛ךְ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָבִ֖יךְ בָּאֵ֑שׁ הַלְיָרְשֵׁ֕נוּ קְרָאתֶ֥ם לָ֖נוּ הֲלֹֽא׃

   va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH hal-ya-re-SHE-nu ke-ra-TEM la-NU ha-LO

   and it happened on the day the seventh and they said to the wife of Samson entice your husband and let him tell to us the riddle lest we burn you and {the} house of your father with fire to dispossess us you have called to us is it not?

Exegesis

The temporal phrase bayyom hashvi’i {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | bā-y-yôm haš-šĕ-wî-ʿî} ‘on the seventh day’ establishes precise chronology. Some Septuagint manuscripts read “fourth day,” but the Hebrew Masoretic Text reads “seventh day,” and this translation follows that reading.