Judges 19:2:12Judg.19.2.W12TAB
יָמִ֖ים
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ya-MIM
- clause
va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
- sentence
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal clause yamîm {יָמִים | yāmîm} ‘days’ + ’arbaʿāh {אַרְבָּעָה | ’arbaʿāh} ‘four’ + ḥōdāšîm {חֳדָשִׁים | ḥōdāšîm} ‘months’ indicates duration according to lunar months in the Hebrew calendar.
In context — Judges 19:2
And his concubine acted unfaithfully against him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, where she remained for four months.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 19:2, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֖ים (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 Judg.19.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.2.W12.S1) and character.