Leviticus 15:13:7Lev.15.13.W7TAB
יָמִ֛ים
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaˈmiːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AT ya-MIM
- clause
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV
- sentence
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO be-ma-YIM khai-YIM veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
Və-sā-par {وְסָפַר | və-sā-par} ‘and he shall count’ uses vav consecutive + qal perfect to sequence the requirement of counting šiḇʿâṯ yā-mîm {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šiḇʿâṯ yā-mîm} ‘seven days’, introduced by lə-tā-hô-rā-tô {לְטָהֳרָת֖וֹ | lə-tā-hô-rā-tô} ‘for his purification’.
Root and etymology
m–y–mm–y–m
“water, liquid”
In context — Leviticus 15:13
And when the one with a discharge is purified from his discharge, he shall count for himself seven days for his purification, and he shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in living water , and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 15:13, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֛ים (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 Lev.15.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.13.W7.S1) and character.