Judges 15:19:7Judg.15.19.W7TAB
מַ֙יִם֙
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
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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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim
- clause
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI
- sentence
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The plural noun mayim {מַ֙יִם֙ | mayîm} with vayetze’u {וַיֵּצְא֨וּ | wayyēṣʾû} conveys water issuing forth.
In context — Judges 15:19
And God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water issued from it. He drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it Spring of the Caller, which remains in Lehi to this day.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 15:19, so the Hebrew word מַ֙יִם֙ (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 Judg.15.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.19.W7.S1) and character.