2 Chronicles 16:4:172 Chr.16.4.W17TAB
מָ֑יִם
mayim
“waters”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- waters
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
a-VEL MA-yim
- clause
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim
- sentence
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim ve-ET KAL-mis-ke-NOT a-RE naf-ta-LI
Root and etymology
Rootbet–shin–mem
“spice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:4
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Mayim, and all the storehouse towns of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Chronicles 16:4, 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 2 Chr.16.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.4.W17.S1) and character.