Exodus 15:25:7Exod.15.25.W7TAB
אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם
elhamayim
“into the waters”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- el-hah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-RE-hu ye-ho-VAH ETS va-yash-LEKH el-ha-MA-yim va-yim-te-KU ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-RE-hu ye-ho-VAH ETS va-yash-LEKH el-ha-MA-yim va-yim-te-KU ha-MA-yim SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu
Exegesis
The locative el-hamayim {אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם | ʾel-ham-ma-yim} ‘into the waters’ sets the stage for transformation.
Root and etymology
י־ם
“sea”
In context — Exodus 15:25
He cried out to the LORD , and the LORD showed him a tree. He threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He established for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 15:25, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם (elhamayim) 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.15.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.25.W7.S1) and character.