Numbers 11:21:17Num.11.21.W17TAB
יָמִֽים׃
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- 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
ya-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
KHO-desh ya-MIM
- clause
ve-a-TA a-MAR-ta ba-SAR e-TEN la-HEM ve-akh-LU KHO-desh ya-MIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH shesh-ME-ot E-lef rag-LI ha-AM a-SHER a-no-KHI be-kir-BO ve-a-TA a-MAR-ta ba-SAR e-TEN la-HEM ve-akh-LU KHO-desh ya-MIM
Exegesis
The idiom khodesh yamim {חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים | ḥō-ḏěš yā-mîm} denotes a thirty-day period. English retains Hebrew order of present fact then divine assurance to preserve Moses’s incredulous response.
In context — Numbers 11:21
And Moses said, “Six hundred thousand on foot are the people among whom I stand, and You have said, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a whole month.’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 11:21, so the Hebrew word יָמִֽים׃ (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 Num.11.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.21.W17.S1) and character.