Numbers 20:29:9Num.20.29.W9TAB
י֔וֹם
yom
“days”
- Transliteration
- YOM
- Extended
- YOHM
- IPA
- /ˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
YOM
- phraseyour reading level
shlo-SHIM YOM
- clause
va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yir-U kol-ha-ei-DAH ki ga-VA a-ha-RON va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The temporal expression šelōšîm yôm {שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים י֔וֹם | šelōšîm yôm} ‘thirty days’ marks the duration of communal lament.
Root and etymology
y-w-myod-vav-mem
“day, time period”
In context — Numbers 20:29
And all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:29, so the Hebrew word י֔וֹם (yom) 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.20.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.29.W9.S1) and character.