Deuteronomy 23:4:6Deut.23.4.W6TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:5

וּבַמַּ֔יִם

uvamayim

and with water

Transliteration
u-va-MA-yim
Extended
oo-vah-MA-yim
IPA
/uvaˈmajim/

Meaning by language

English
and with water

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Result
וּ + בַ + מַּ֔ + יִם
u + va + ma + yim
uvamayim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim

  3. sentence

    al-de-VAR a-SHER lo-kid-MU et-KHEM ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim ba-DE-rekh be-tse-TE-khem mi-mits-RA-yim va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha

Exegesis

The coordinated prepositional objects ba-lechem {בַּלֶּחֶם | balleḥem} ‘with the bread’ and uva-mayim {וּבַמַּיִם | uvamayim} ‘and with the water’ specify provisions.

In contextDeuteronomy 23:4

On account of the matter that they did not come to meet you with bread and with water on the journey when you came out from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam , son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharayim, to curse you.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 23:4, so the Hebrew word וּבַמַּ֔יִם (uvamayim) 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 Deut.23.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.4.W6.S1) and character.