Leviticus 15:25:5Lev.15.25.W5TAB
יָמִ֣ים
yameem
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MEEM
- Extended
- yah-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaːˈmiːm/
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
ya-MEEM ra-BEEM
- 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
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.