Leviticus 23:40:18Lev.23.40.W18TAB

יָמִֽים׃

yameem

days

Transliteration
ya-MEEM
Extended
yaa-MEEM
IPA
/jaˈmiːm/

Meaning by language

English
days

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Result
יָ + מִֽים׃
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

    shiv-AT ya-MEEM

  3. clause

    oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM

  4. sentence

    oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM

Exegesis

The concluding construct šî-ḇāʿt yā-mîm {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šî-ḇāʿt yā-mîm} ‘seven days’ specifies the period of observance. Hebrew construct chains and vav coordination create a formal list structure that is mirrored in the English translation.

In contextLeviticus 23:40

And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a beautiful tree , branches of palm trees, a bough of thick-leaved tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:40:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Leviticus 23:40, so the Hebrew word יָמִֽים׃ (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.23.40.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.40.W18.S1) and character.