יְמֵ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְמֵ֖י

   ye-MEI

   were the days of
2. clause🔊 וְהַ֨יָּמִ֔ים יְמֵ֖י בִּכּוּרֵ֥י עֲנָבִֽים׃

   ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM

   and the days were the days of the firstfruits of grapes
3. sentence🔊 וּמָ֣ה הָ֠אָרֶץ הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨ה הִ֜וא אִם־רָזָ֗ה הֲיֵֽשׁ־בָּ֥הּ עֵץ֙ אִם־אַ֔יְן וְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔ם וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖ם מִפְּרִ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהַ֨יָּמִ֔ים יְמֵ֖י בִּכּוּרֵ֥י עֲנָבִֽים׃

   u-MAH ha-A-retz hash-me-NAH hi-U im-ra-ZAH ha-YESH-BAH ETS im-AIN ve-hit-khaz-AK-tem u-le-kakh-TEM mi-PRI ha-A-retz ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM

   and what the land whether it is fat it or if it is lean whether there is in it a tree or not and strengthen yourselves and take from the fruit of the land and the days were the days of the firstfruits of grapes

Exegesis

Finally, the temporal clause ve-ha-yamim yemei bikurei anavim {וְהַיָּמִים יְמֵי בִּכּוּרֵי עֲנָבִים | və-hā-ya-mîm yə-mē bik-ū-rê ʿa-nā-vîm} situates the action “in the days of the grapes’ firstfruits,” using a construct chain to link days, firstfruits, and grapes in successive genitive relationships.