Judges 19:4:8Judg.19.4.W8TAB
יָמִ֑ים
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
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
The verb vayyeshev ito {וַיֵּשֶׁב אִתּוֹ | wa-ye-šeb ʾit-tô} then introduces the sojourn, with the construct numeral sheloshet yamim {שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים | še-lō-šeṯ yā-mîm} marking the duration.
In context — Judges 19:4
And his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, urged him, so he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:4, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֑ים (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.19.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.4.W8.S1) and character.