1 Kings 18:4:171 Kgs.18.4.W17TAB
וָמָֽיִם׃
vamayim
“and water”
- Transliteration
- va-MA-yim
- Extended
- vaa-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /vaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khem va-MA-yim
- clause
va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hakh-RIT i-ZE-vel ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
Exegesis
The piel form vekhelkelam {וְכִלְכָּלָם | wə-khil-ke-lām} ‘and he provided them’ emphasizes ongoing support, and the coordinated lechem {לֶחֶם | le-ḥem} ‘bread’ and mayim {וָמָיִם | wa-mā-yim} ‘water’ denote essential sustenance, underscoring faithful care.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — 1 Kings 18:4
And it came about when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the LORD that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid fifty in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word וָמָֽיִם׃ (vamayim) 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.18.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.4.W17.S1) and character.