Numbers 19:11:7Num.19.11.W7TAB

יָמִֽים׃

yamim

days

Transliteration
ya-MIM
Extended
yaa-MEEM
IPA
/jaˈmiːm/

Meaning by language

English
days

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Result
יָ + מִֽים׃
ya + mim
yamim

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-MIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    shiv-AT ya-MIM

  3. clause

    ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MIM

  4. sentence

    ha-no-GE-a be-MET le-KHOL-NE-fesh a-DAM ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MIM

Exegesis

Finally the numeral phrase shivat yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šibʿat yāmîm} ‘seven days’ serves as a temporal accusative, defining the duration of impurity.

Root and etymology

m-y-mmem–yod–mem

water

In contextNumbers 19:11

Whoever touches a corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:11, 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.19.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.11.W7.S1) and character.