Genesis 8:3:2Gen.8.3.W2TAB
הַמַּ֛יִם
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ham.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
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-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets ha-LOKH va-SHOV
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets ha-LOKH va-SHOV va-yakh-se-RU ha-MA-yim mik-TSE kha-mi-SHIM u-me-AT YOM
Exegesis
The subject hamayim {הַמַּיִם | ham-māyim} “the waters” is specified before the locative phrase me’al ha’arets {מֵעַ֥ל הָאָ֖רֶץ | mêʿal hā-ʾāreṣ} “from upon the earth,” indicating the point of withdrawal.
Root and etymology
מ־י־ם
“waters”
In context — Genesis 8:3
The waters drew back from the earth, going and returning, and by the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters had lessened.
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 8:3, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֛יִם (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.8.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.3.W2.S1) and character.