Ezekiel 19:10:9Ezek.19.10.W9TAB
מִמַּ֥יִם
mimmayim
“from waters”
- Transliteration
- mim-MA-yim
- Extended
- mihm-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /mim.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- from waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mim-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
mim-MA-yim ra-BIM
- clause
po-ri-YA va-a-ne-FA hai-TA mim-MA-yim ra-BIM
- sentence
im-me-KHA kha-GE-fen be-dam-KHA al-MA-yim she-tu-LA po-ri-YA va-a-ne-FA hai-TA mim-MA-yim ra-BIM
Exegesis
The clause hayetah mi-mayim rabbim {הָיְתָה מִמַּיִם רַבִּים | hā-ye-ṯāh mi-ma-yim rab-bîm} ‘she was from many waters’ completes the description, highlighting the source and result of her flourishing.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–yod–mem
“water(s), source of life”
In context — Ezekiel 19:10
Your mother was like a vine in your blood, set by the waters; she was fruitful and richly branched, because of abundant water.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 19:10, so the Hebrew word מִמַּ֥יִם (mimmayim) 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.19.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.10.W9.S1) and character.