2 Kings 19:24:42 Kgs.19.24.W4TAB
מַ֣יִם
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
MA-yim za-RIM
- clause
a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM
- sentence
a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM ve-akh-RIV be-khaf-pe-a-MAI KOL ye-o-RE ma-TSOR
Exegesis
The noun phrase mayim zarim {מַיִם זָרִים | ma-yîm zā-rîm} ‘foreign waters’ functions as direct object.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — 2 Kings 19:24
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:24, so the Hebrew word מַ֣יִם (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 Kgs.19.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.24.W4.S1) and character.