1 Kings 18:35:21 Kgs.18.35.W2TAB
הַמַּ֔יִם
hamayim
“the water”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MA-yim
- IPA
- /ham.maˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh ve-GAM et-ha-te-a-LA mi-LE-MA-yim
Exegesis
The first clause uses a wayyiqtol form, wayyēlĕkû {וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ | wayyēlĕkû} ‘and they went’, with verb-first order before the subject hammayim {הַמַּ֔יִם | hammayim} ‘the water’, a common Hebrew sequencing that pushes the motion to the foreground.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — 1 Kings 18:35
And the water went around the altar , and it also filled the trench with water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:35, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֔יִם (hamayim) 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.18.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.35.W2.S1) and character.