Judges 17:6:1Judg.17.6.W1TAB
בַּיָּמִ֣ים
bayamim
“in the days”
- Transliteration
- ba-ya-MIM
- Extended
- bah-yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /baj.jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the days
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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 | 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
ba-ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
- clause
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL ISH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV ya-a-SE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal expression bayamim hahem {בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם | bə-yā-mîm hā-hêm} ‘in those days’, setting a historical context.
In context — Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; each man did what was right in his own eyes.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 17:6, so the Hebrew word בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bayamim) 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.17.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.6.W1.S1) and character.