Exodus 15:27:7Exod.15.27.W7TAB
מַ֖יִם
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yim
- IPA
- /ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
ei-NOT MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM
- 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 dual-construct numeral shteim esreh {שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה | šə-têym ʿə-srê} ‘twelve’ quantifies einot mayim {עֵינֹ֥ת מַ֖יִם | ʿê-nōt mə-yîm} ‘springs of water’, emphasizing provision.
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 15:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 15:27, so the Hebrew word מַ֖יִם (mayim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.27.W7.S1) and character.