Leviticus 22:27:8Lev.22.27.W8TAB
יָמִ֖ים
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /jaː.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-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AT ya-MIM
- clause
SHOR o-KHE-sev o-EZ KI yi-vva-LED ve-ha-YAA shiv-AT ya-MIM TA-khat im-MO
- sentence
SHOR o-KHE-sev o-EZ KI yi-vva-LED ve-ha-YAA shiv-AT ya-MIM TA-khat im-MO oo-mi-YOM hash-mi-NEE va-ha-LAA ye-ra-TSE le-kor-BAN i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The vav consecutive wə-hāyāh {וְהָיָה | wə-hāyāh} 'then it shall be' signals progression to the temporal requirement marked by šivʿat yāmîm {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šivʿat yāmîm} 'seven days' and the spatial phrase taḥat immō {תַּחַת אִמּוֹ | taḥat ʾimmō} 'under its mother'.
Root and etymology
י–מ–םy-m-m
“day, time”
In context — Leviticus 22:27
When an ox, a lamb, or a goat is born, it must remain under its mother for seven days ; but from the eighth day onward, it will be accepted as a fire offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 22:27, 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.22.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.27.W8.S1) and character.