Leviticus 15:24:11Lev.15.24.W11TAB
יָמִ֑ים
yameem
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MEEM
- Extended
- yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /ja.ˈmiːm/
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-MEEM
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AT ya-MEEM
- clause
ve-IM sha-KHOV yish-KAV EESH o-TAH oo-te-HI nid-DA-TAH a-LAV ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MEEM
- sentence
ve-IM sha-KHOV yish-KAV EESH o-TAH oo-te-HI nid-DA-TAH a-LAV ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MEEM ve-KHOL-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER-yish-KAV a-LAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The vav consecutive vetame {וְטָמֵא | wə-ṭā-mēʾ} ‘and he shall be unclean’ delivers the legal verdict, followed by the temporal phrase shiv'at yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šiv-ʿāṯ yā-mîm} ‘seven days’.
Root and etymology
Rooty-m-m
“day, period”
In context — Leviticus 15:24
And if a man lies with her, and her menstrual impurity becomes upon him, then he shall be unclean for seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 15:24, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֑ים (yameem) 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.15.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.24.W11.S1) and character.