Jeremiah 18:14:7Jer.18.14.W7TAB
מַ֛יִם
mayim
“waters”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
MA-yim
- clause
im-yin-NA-te-SHU MA-yim za-RIM ka-RIM no-ze-LIM
- sentence
ha-ya-a-ZOV mits-TSUR sa-DAI SHE-leg le-va-NON im-yin-NA-te-SHU MA-yim za-RIM ka-RIM no-ze-LIM
Exegesis
The construct chain mitsur saday {מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַי | miṣ-ṣūr śā-ḏay} ‘rock of the field’ conveys permanence, while the sequence mayim zarim karim nozlim {מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים | ma-yim zārîm qārîm nōz-lîm} forms a chiastic parallel emphasizing ongoing motion. The Nifal imperfect expresses passive expectation, and the Qal participle nozlim highlights continuous action. The English renditions preserve both interrogation and parallelism to heighten rhetorical effect.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–yod–mem
“water, waters”
In context — Jeremiah 18:14
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave the rock of the field, or are cold flowing waters from a foreign place ever forsaken?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 18:14, so the Hebrew word מַ֛יִם (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 Jer.18.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.14.W7.S1) and character.