Leviticus 15:25:5Lev.15.25.W5TAB

יָמִ֣ים

yameem

days

Transliteration
ya-MEEM
Extended
yah-MEEM
IPA
/jaːˈmiːm/

Meaning by language

English
days

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Result
יָ + מִ֣ים
ya + meem
yameem

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-MEEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ya-MEEM ra-BEEM

  3. clause

    ve-i-SHAH ki-ya-ZUV ZOV da-MAH ya-MEEM ra-BEEM be-LO et-nid-da-TAH O ki-taa-ZUV al-nid-da-TAH

  4. sentence

    ve-i-SHAH ki-ya-ZUV ZOV da-MAH ya-MEEM ra-BEEM be-LO et-nid-da-TAH O ki-taa-ZUV al-nid-da-TAH kol-yeh-MEH ZOV tum-a-TAH ki-MEH nid-da-TAH tih-YEH tme-AH HI

Exegesis

The Qal imperfect yazuv {יָזוּב | yāzûv} ‘flows/discharges’ governs the noun zov {זוֹב | zôv} ‘discharge’, and the temporal phrase yamim rabbim {יָמִים רַבִּים | yā-mîm rab-bîm} ‘many days’ extends the duration.

Root and etymology

RootMem Yod Mem

water, liquid

In contextLeviticus 15:25

And if a woman has a discharge of blood for many days outside the time of her separation, or if her flow continues beyond her separation, all the days of her discharge impurity shall be as the days of her separation; she shall be unclean .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 15:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 15:25, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֣ים (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.15.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.25.W5.S1) and character.