Exodus 15:8:4Exod.15.8.W4TAB
מַ֔יִם
mayim
“waters”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- waters
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
ne-er-MU MA-yim
- clause
u-ve-RU-akh ap-PE-kha ne-er-MU MA-yim nits-tse-VU khe-mo-NED noz-LIM
- sentence
u-ve-RU-akh ap-PE-kha ne-er-MU MA-yim nits-tse-VU khe-mo-NED noz-LIM kaf-U te-ho-MOT be-lev-YAM
Root and etymology
י־ם
“sea”
In context — Exodus 15:8
And by the breath of Your nostrils, the waters were heaped up; the flowing currents stood like a mound ; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 15:8, so the Hebrew word מַ֔יִם (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.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.8.W4.S1) and character.