Numbers 19:14:12Num.19.14.W12TAB

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

    kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM

  4. sentence

    ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM

Exegesis

The verb yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṭmāʾ} ‘becomes unclean’ in the imperfect conveys the legal verdict, followed by the temporal expression šibʿaṯ yāmîm {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šibʿaṯ yāmîm} ‘seven days’ in construct relationship. English translation breaks the parallelism into sequential conditions for readability, preserving the universal scope and temporal duration.

Root and etymology

m-y-mmem–yod–mem

water

In contextNumbers 19:14

This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent, and everyone already in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 19:14, 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.19.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.14.W12.S1) and character.