Leviticus 13:34:4Lev.13.34.W4TAB
בַּיּ֣וֹם
bayom
“on the day”
- Transliteration
- ba-YOM
- Extended
- bah-YOHM
- IPA
- /baˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the day
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE
- clause
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-tek ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE veh-hi-NEH lo-fa-SHA ha-NE-tek ba-OR oo-mar-EH-hu ei-NE-nu a-MOK min-ha-OR
- sentence
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-tek ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE veh-hi-NEH lo-fa-SHA ha-NE-tek ba-OR oo-mar-EH-hu ei-NE-nu a-MOK min-ha-OR veh-ti-HAR o-TO ha-ko-HEN veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative sequence beginning with verra’ah {וְרָאָה֩ | və·rā·’āh} ‘and he will see’, followed by the temporal phrase bayom hashevi’i {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י | ba·yôm ha·še·vî·ʿî} ‘on the seventh day’.
Root and etymology
y-w-myod-vav-mem
“day, time period”
In context — Leviticus 13:34
And the priest shall look at the scaly eruption on the seventh day, and behold, if the eruption has not spread in the skin and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes , and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:34, so the Hebrew word בַּיּ֣וֹם (bayom) 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 Lev.13.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.34.W4.S1) and character.