Numbers 19:11:7Num.19.11.W7TAB
יָמִֽים׃
yamim
“days”
- Transliteration
- ya-MIM
- Extended
- yaa-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
shiv-AT ya-MIM
- clause
ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MIM
- 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 context — Numbers 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.