Leviticus 23:42:4Lev.23.42.W4TAB
יָמִ֑ים
yahmeem
“days”
- Transliteration
- yah-MEEM
- 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
yah-MEEM
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-AT yah-MEEM
- clause
ba-su-KOT teesh-VOO shiv-AT yah-MEEM
- sentence
ba-su-KOT teesh-VOO shiv-AT yah-MEEM kohl-ha-EHZ-RAAKH beh-yis-rah-EL yeesh-VOO ba-su-KOT
Exegesis
The construct shivat yamim {שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִים | šivʿāṯ yāmîm} ‘seven days’ specifies the duration of the observance.
In context — Leviticus 23:42
You shall dwell in booths for seven days; all the native-born of Israel shall dwell in booths.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:42:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:42, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֑ים (yahmeem) 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.23.42.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.42.W4.S1) and character.