1 Kings 14:15:71 Kgs.14.15.W7TAB
בַּמַּיִם֒
bamayim
“in the waters”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-YIM
- Extended
- bah-ma-YIHM
- IPA
- /bam.maˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-ma-YIM
- clause
ve-hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER ya-NUD ha-ka-NE ba-ma-YIM ve-na-TASH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-a-vo-te-HEM ve-ze-RAM me-E-ver la-na-HAR
- sentence
ve-hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER ya-NUD ha-ka-NE ba-ma-YIM ve-na-TASH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-a-vo-te-HEM ve-ze-RAM me-E-ver la-na-HAR ya-AN a-SHER a-SU et-a-she-re-HEM ma-khe-i-SIM et-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The comparative simile kaʼăšer yānûḏ haqqānēh bammayyim {כַּאֲשֶׁר יָנ֣וּד הַקָּנֶה בַּמַּיִם | kaʼăšer yānûḏ haqqānēh bammayyim} depicts Israel’s instability.
In context — 1 Kings 14:15
And the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. And He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the river, because they made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 14:15, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּיִם֒ (bamayim) 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.14.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.15.W7.S1) and character.