Leviticus 23:8:6Lev.23.8.W6TAB

בַּיּ֤וֹם

bayom

“on the day”

Transliteration: ba-YOM
Extended: bah-YOHM
IPA: /ba.ˈjoːm/

Meaning by language

English: on the day

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בַּ + יּ֤וֹם

↓

ba + yom

↓

bayom

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

word
ba-YOM
phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM hash-vi-EE
clause
ba-YOM hash-vi-EE mik-RA-KOH-desh kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-a-SU
sentence
veh-hik-rav-TEM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM ba-YOM hash-vi-EE mik-RA-KOH-desh kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-a-SU

Exegesis

Temporal parameters are set by the numeral construct shiv‘at yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šiv-ʿaṯ yā-mîm} ‘seven days’ and the idiomatic temporal clause bayom ha-shevi‘i {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | bə-yôm ha-šĕ-vî-ʿî} ‘on the seventh day’.

Root and etymology

y-w-myod–vav–mem

“day”

In context — Leviticus 23:8

And you shall present a fire offering to the LORD for seven days; on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation ; you shall not do any work of service.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 23:8, so the Hebrew word בַּיּ֤וֹם (bayom) 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.23.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.8.W6.S1) and character.

Read Leviticus 23:8 Read Leviticus 23