Daniel 1:12:8Dan.1.12.W8TAB
וּמַ֥יִם
umayim
“and water”
- Transliteration
- u-MA-yim
- Extended
- oo-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /uːˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
u-MA-yim ve-nish-TE
- clause
ve-yit-NU-LA-nu min-ha-ze-ro-IM ve-no-khe-LA u-MA-yim ve-nish-TE
- sentence
nas-NA et-a-va-DE-kha ya-MIM a-sa-RA ve-yit-NU-LA-nu min-ha-ze-ro-IM ve-no-khe-LA u-MA-yim ve-nish-TE
Exegesis
A sequence of vav-conjunction clauses—wə-yit-nū-lā-nū min ha-zeroim {וְיִתְּנוּ־לָ֜נוּ מִן־הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים | wə-yit-nū-lā-nū min haz-zērōʿîm} ‘and let them give us vegetables’, ve-nōḵəlāh {וְנֹאכְלָ֖ה | wə-nōḵəlāh} ‘and we may eat’, ū-mayim {וּמַ֥יִם | ū-mayim} ‘and water’, and wə-ništēh {וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה | wə-ništēh} ‘and we may drink’—articulates a deferential petition. The shift from imperative to cohortative mood underscores respectful request.
Root and etymology
מ־י־ם
“water”
In context — Daniel 1:12
Please put your servants to the test for ten days, and let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 1:12, so the Hebrew word וּמַ֥יִם (umayim) 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 Dan.1.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.12.W8.S1) and character.