2 Samuel 23:15:62 Sam.23.15.W6TAB
מַ֔יִם
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈma.jim/
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
yash-ke-NI MA-yim
- clause
MI yash-ke-NI MA-yim mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem a-SHER ba-sha-AR
- sentence
va-yit-a-VE da-VID va-yo-MAR MI yash-ke-NI MA-yim mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem a-SHER ba-sha-AR
Exegesis
The interrogative mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’ heightens expectation.
Root and etymology
מ־י־םm–y–m
“water”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:15
And David longed and said, “Who will give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 23:15, so the Hebrew word מַ֔יִם (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 Sam.23.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.15.W6.S1) and character.