Isaiah 17:13:3Isa.17.13.W3TAB
מַ֤יִם
mayim
“of waters”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- of waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
MA-yim ra-BIM
- clause
le-um-MIM kish-e-ON MA-yim ra-BIM yish-SA-un ve-ga-AR BO ve-NAS mim-me-r-khak
- sentence
le-um-MIM kish-e-ON MA-yim ra-BIM yish-SA-un ve-ga-AR BO ve-NAS mim-me-r-khak ve-rud-DAF ke-MOTS ha-RIM lif-ne-RU-akh u-khe-gal-GAL lif-NE su-FA
Exegesis
The verse opens with le-ʾummîm {לְאֻמִּ֗ים | lə-ʾummîm} ‘nations’, immediately followed by the prepositional simile kiš-ʾôn ma-yim rab-bîm {כִּשְׁא֞וֹן מַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ | kiš-ʾôn ma-yim rab-bîm} ‘like the roar of many waters’, where the Niphal imperfect yiš-ʾâ-ûn {יִשָּׁא֔וּן | yiš-ʾâ-ûn} echoes the sound imagery.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-maleph–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — Isaiah 17:13
The nations will roar like the roar of many waters , but He will rebuke them, and they will flee far away; they will be pursued like chaff on the mountains before the wind, and like a wheel before the whirlwind.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 17:13, so the Hebrew word מַ֤יִם (mayim) 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 Isa.17.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.13.W3.S1) and character.