Leviticus 15:19:9Lev.15.19.W9TAB
יָמִים֙
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
shiv-AT ya-MIM tih-YEH be-nid-da-TAH veh-KHOL-hah-no-GEH-ah BAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
ve-i-SHAH kee-ti-YEH za-VAH DAM yih-YEH zo-VAH biv-sa-RAH shiv-AT ya-MIM tih-YEH be-nid-da-TAH veh-KHOL-hah-no-GEH-ah BAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The construct phrase šiv-ʿaṯ yā-mîm {שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ | šiv-ʿaṯ yā-mîm} ‘seven days’ marks a fixed duration.
Root and etymology
RootMem Yod Mem
“water, liquid”
In context — Leviticus 15:19
And when a woman has a discharge and the discharge is blood in her flesh, she shall be unclean for seven days , and anyone who touches her shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:19, so the Hebrew word יָמִים֙ (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.15.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.19.W9.S1) and character.