Genesis 49:4:2Gen.49.4.W2TAB
כַּמַּ֙יִם֙
kamayim
“like water”
- Transliteration
- ka-MA-yim
- Extended
- kah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /kam.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- like water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ka-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim
- clause
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim al-to-TAR KI a-LI-ta mish-ke-VEI a-VI-kha
- sentence
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim al-to-TAR KI a-LI-ta mish-ke-VEI a-VI-kha AZ khi-LAL-ta ye-tsu-I a-LA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the predicate noun pachaz {פַּחַז | paḥaz} “recklessness,” fronted to introduce a character assessment and intensified by the simile kamayim {כַּמַּיִם | ka-mā-yim} “like water.”
In context — Genesis 49:4
Reckless like water, you will not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it—my couch you went up to.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 49:4, so the Hebrew word כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ (kamayim) 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.49.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.4.W2.S1) and character.