Joshua 19:46:1Josh.19.46.W1TAB
וּמֵ֥י
umei
“and the waters of”
- Transliteration
- u-MEI
- Extended
- oo-MEI
- IPA
- /uːˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the waters of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-MEI
- phraseyour reading level
u-MEI ha-yar-KON
- clause
u-MEI ha-yar-KON ve-ha-rak-KON
- sentence
u-MEI ha-yar-KON ve-ha-rak-KON im-hag-VOOL MUL YA-fo
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prefixed conjunction-preposition u-mei {וּמֵי | wə·mêy} ‘and waters-of’ introducing a coordinate list of geographic features.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–yod–mem
“water, fluid”
In context — Joshua 19:46
And the waters of the Yarkon and the Rakkon lie with the border opposite Joppa.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:46:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:46, so the Hebrew word וּמֵ֥י (umei) 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 Josh.19.46.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.46.W1.S1) and character.