Genesis 21:15:2Gen.21.15.W2TAB
הַמַּ֖יִם
hamayim
“the water”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yim
- IPA
- /ham.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim min-ha-KHE-met
- sentence
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim min-ha-KHE-met va-tash-LEKH et-ha-YE-led TA-khat a-KHAD ha-si-KHIM
Exegesis
Hamayim {הַמַּ֖יִם | ham-mayim} follows as the subject in a verb–subject order, and the prepositional phrase min-hachemet {מִן־הַחֵ֑מֶת | min ha-ḥē-met} “from the skin” specifies the leather vessel as the source.
Root and etymology
m-y-m
“water, liquid”
In context — Genesis 21:15
When the water was gone from the skin , she put the boy under one of the bushes.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 21:15, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֖יִם (hamayim) 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 Gen.21.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.15.W2.S1) and character.