Ezekiel 17:8:3Ezek.17.8.W3TAB
אֶל־מַ֥יִם
elmayim
“to waters”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-YIM
- Extended
- ehl-mah-YIM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.maˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| 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-ma-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ma-YIM ra-BIM
- clause
el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA
- sentence
el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase el-sadeh tov el-mayim rabbim {אֶל־שָׂ֥דֶה טּ֛וֹב אֶל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים | ʾel-sā-deh ṭōv ʾel-ma-yim ra-ḇim} ‘to a good field and to abundant waters,’ which establishes an irrigated planting context.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–yod–mem
“water, waters”
In context — Ezekiel 17:8
She was planted in a good field by many waters , to produce a branch and to bear fruit, and to become a noble vine .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מַ֥יִם (elmayim) 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 Ezek.17.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W3.S1) and character.