1 Kings 13:16:121 Kgs.13.16.W12TAB
מַ֔יִם
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yim
- IPA
- /ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MA-yim
- clause
ve-LOH-O-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO-e-SHTE it-KHA MA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
vah-YO-mer LO oo-KHAL la-SHOOV it-TAKH ve-la-VO it-TAKH ve-LOH-O-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO-e-SHTE it-KHA MA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Root and etymology
RootMem–Yod–Mem
“waters”
In context — 1 Kings 13:16
And he said, “I am not able to return with you or to come with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:16, so the Hebrew word מַ֔יִם (mayim) 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 1 Kgs.13.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.16.W12.S1) and character.