Numbers 20:15:6Num.20.15.W6TAB
יָמִ֣ים
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
ya-MIM ra-BIM
- clause
va-yer-DU a-vo-TEI-nu mits-rai-MAH va-ne-SHEV be-mits-RA-yim ya-MIM ra-BIM
- sentence
va-yer-DU a-vo-TEI-nu mits-rai-MAH va-ne-SHEV be-mits-RA-yim ya-MIM ra-BIM va-ya-RE-u la-NU mits-RA-yim ve-la-a-vo-TEI-nu
Exegesis
Vaneshev {וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב | wan-nē-šēḇ} ‘dwelt’ shifts to the community’s residence, while the phrase yamim rabbim {יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים | yā-mîm rab-bîm} forms an idiom for prolonged duration.
Root and etymology
מ־י־ם
“water”
In context — Numbers 20:15
Our fathers descended into Egypt, and we dwelt there for many days ; and Egypt oppressed us and our fathers.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 20:15, so the Hebrew word יָמִ֣ים (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.20.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.15.W6.S1) and character.