1 Kings 18:44:81 Kgs.18.44.W8TAB
מִיָּ֑ם
miyam
“from the sea”
- Transliteration
- mi-YAM
- Extended
- mih-YAAM
- IPA
- /mijˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the sea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
O-LA mi-YAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM va-yo-MER a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — 1 Kings 18:44
And it happened at the seventh that he said, “Behold, a small cloud like the palm of a man is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Hitch your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:44:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:44, so the Hebrew word מִיָּ֑ם (miyam) 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.18.44.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.44.W8.S1) and character.