Job 14:19:3Job.14.19.W3TAB
מַ֗יִם
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
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
a-va-NIM sha-kha-KU MA-yim
- clause
a-va-NIM sha-kha-KU MA-yim tish-TOF-se-fi-KHE-ha a-FAR-a-RETS
- sentence
a-va-NIM sha-kha-KU MA-yim tish-TOF-se-fi-KHE-ha a-FAR-a-RETS ve-tik-VAT e-NOSH he-e-VAD-ta
Exegesis
The noun avanim {אֲבָנִים | ʾă-ḇā-nîm} “stones” leads before the verb shachaku {שָׁחֲקוּ | šā-ḥă-qû} “wear away,” with mayim {מַיִם | mā-yim} implied as agent.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — Job 14:19
Waters wear away stones; You wash away its aftergrowth from the dust of the earth, and You destroy the hope of a mortal .
About this coordinate
Job 14:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 14:19, so the Hebrew word מַ֗יִם (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 Job.14.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.19.W3.S1) and character.