Exodus 15:27:11Exod.15.27.W11TAB
עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃
alhamayim
“by the waters”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- al-ha-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /ʕal.hamˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
al-ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-kha-noo-SHAM al-ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM va-ya-kha-noo-SHAM al-ha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayyakhanu-sham {וַיַּחֲנוּ־שָׁ֖ם | way-ya-ḥa-nû-šam} ‘and they camped there’ binds the locative adverb to the action, and al-hamayim {עַל־הַמָּֽיִם | ʿal-ham-mā-yim} ‘by the waters’ indicates proximity. This structure highlights the abundance and relief at Elim after the crossing of the Red Sea.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — Exodus 15:27
And they came to Elim, and there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees , and they camped there by the waters.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 15:27, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃ (alhamayim) 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.15.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.27.W11.S1) and character.