Exodus 14:28:2Exod.14.28.W2TAB
הַמַּ֗יִם
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yim
- IPA
- /hamˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM lo-nish-AR ba-HEM ad-e-KHAD
Exegesis
Hebrew employs a narrative vav-consecutive with vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | wayyaššûw} ‘and returned’, immediately introducing the subject hamayim {הַמַּיִם | ham-mā-yim} ‘the waters’.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem-yod-mem
“water(s)”
In context — Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh that pursued them into the sea, and not one remained among them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 14:28, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֗יִם (hamayim) 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 Exod.14.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.28.W2.S1) and character.