Judges 15:20:3Judg.15.20.W3TAB
בִּימֵ֥י
bime
“in the days of”
- Transliteration
- bi-ME
- Extended
- bih-MEE
- IPA
- /biˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the days of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
bi-ME
- phraseyour reading level
bi-ME pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yish-POT et-yis-ra-EL bi-ME pe-lish-TIM e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The prepositional construct bimei {בִּימֵ֥י | bə-mē} ‘in the days of’ links temporally to Pelishtim {פְלִשְׁתִּים | pĕlištīm} ‘Philistines,’ situating Israel under external rule.
In context — Judges 15:20
He judged Israel for twenty years, in the days of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 15:20, so the Hebrew word בִּימֵ֥י (bime) 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 Judg.15.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.20.W3.S1) and character.