1 Kings 13:18:181 Kgs.13.18.W18TAB
מָ֑יִם
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-YESH-te MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer LO gam-a-NI na-VI ka-MO-kha u-mal-AKH di-BER e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-shi-VE-hu it-TE-kha el-BE-te-kha ve-yo-KHAL LE-khem ve-YESH-te MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO gam-a-NI na-VI ka-MO-kha u-mal-AKH di-BER e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-shi-VE-hu it-TE-kha el-BE-te-kha ve-yo-KHAL LE-khem ve-YESH-te MA-yim ki-KHESH LO
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperative hăšîbēhû ʾittəkā ʾel-bēytekā {הֲשִׁבֵ֤הוּ אִתְּךָ֙ אֶל־בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ | hăšîbēhû ʾittəkā ʾel-bēytekā} directs the return, and the purpose clause wə-yōʾāḵal leḥem wə-yēšet māyim {וְיֹאכַל לֶחֶם וְיֵשְׁתְּ מָיִם | wə-yōʾāḵal leḥem wə-yēšet māyim} expresses intended hospitality.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Yod–Mem
“waters”
In context — 1 Kings 13:18
And he said to him, “I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD , saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:18:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 13:18, so the Hebrew word מָ֑יִם (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.13.18.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.18.W18.S1) and character.