Leviticus 15:11:7Lev.15.11.W7TAB
בַּמָּ֑יִם
bamayim
“in the water”
- Transliteration
- ba-MA-yim
- Extended
- bah-MAA-yeem
- IPA
- /baˈmajiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ba-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
loh-sha-TAF ba-MA-yim
- clause
ve-KHOL a-SHER yih-ga-BO ha-ZAV ve-ya-DAV loh-sha-TAF ba-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-KHOL a-SHER yih-ga-BO ha-ZAV ve-ya-DAV loh-sha-TAF ba-MA-yim ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases ba-māyim {בַּמָּ֑יִם | ba-māyim} and bə-ḡādāw {בְּגָדָ֛יו | bə-ḡādāw} specify means and object, preserving the ritual purification procedure.
Root and etymology
RootMem Yod Mem
“water, liquid”
In context — Leviticus 15:11
Anyone whom the man with a discharge touches without washing his hands in water shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 15:11, so the Hebrew word בַּמָּ֑יִם (bamayim) 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 Lev.15.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.11.W7.S1) and character.