18.  "IN THE DAY".  (Gen. 2:17.)
The Appendixes were written by Dr. E.W. Bullinger.


Beyom = when.  It is the figure Synecdoche, by which a part is put for the whole, or the whole for a part (see Ap. 6).  What that "part" is must be determined by the context in each particular case.






(*1).  In verse 6 it has the definite article (bayom), and denotes the specific day when Jehovah delivered them, in contrast with the indefinite past time of His choice.

(*2).  Here the definite article is used to mark a specific occasion.  See A.V.




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