Leviticus 23:6:3Lev.23.6.W3TAB

יוֹם֙

yom

day

Transliteration
YOM
Extended
YOHM
IPA
/ˈjoːm/

Meaning by language

English
day

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    YOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-va-kha-mi-SHAH a-SAR YOM

  3. clause

    u-va-kha-mi-SHAH a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-ZEH KHAG ha-mat-TSOT la-ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    u-va-kha-mi-SHAH a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-ZEH KHAG ha-mat-TSOT la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM mat-TSOT to-khe-LU

Exegesis

The opening temporal adjunct uva-chamishah asar yom {וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ | û-ḇa-ḥa-mi-ššāh ʿā-ṣār yôm} marks “and on the fifteenth day” by combining conjunction vav and preposition bet with the cardinal numeral phrase.

Root and etymology

y-w-myod–vav–mem

day

In contextLeviticus 23:6

And on the fifteenth day of this month the Festival of Unleavened Breads is for the LORD ; for seven days you shall eat unleavened breads.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 23:6, so the Hebrew word יוֹם֙ (yom) 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.23.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.6.W3.S1) and character.