Leviticus 15:28:6Lev.15.28.W6TAB
יָמִ֖ים
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-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
- sentence
veh-im-ta-ha-RAH miz-zoh-VAH veh-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
Exegesis
The apodosis opens with the vav-consecutive verb vesafrah {וְסָפְרָה | wə-śā-p̄ə-rāh} ‘and she shall count’ plus the dative lah {לָּהּ | lāh} ‘to her’, followed by the numeral construct shiv’at {שִׁבְעַת | ši-ḇaʿ-ṯ} ‘seven of’ and the noun yamim {יָמִים | yā-mîm} ‘days’ to establish the required period.
Root and etymology
RootMem Yod Mem
“water, liquid”
In context — Leviticus 15:28
But if she is cleansed from her discharge , then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:28, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֖ים (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.15.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.28.W6.S1) and character.