Leviticus 15:16:6Lev.15.16.W6TAB
בַּמַּ֛יִם
bammayim
“in water”
- Transliteration
- bam-MA-yim
- Extended
- bah-MAH-yim
- IPA
- /bamˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in 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 | |
| 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
bam-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim
- clause
veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim ET-KOL-be-SA-RO veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-EESH kee-teh-TSE mih-me-NU shikh-vat-ZA-ra veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim ET-KOL-be-SA-RO veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The apodosis begins with the vav-consecutive verb verachats {וְרָחַץ | wə-rā-ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall wash’, followed by the prepositional phrase bammayim {בַּמַּיִם | ba-ma-yim} ‘in the water’ and the object cluster etkolbesaro {אֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂרוֹ | et kol bə-sārô} ‘all his flesh’.
Root and etymology
RootMem Yod Mem
“water, liquid”
In context — Leviticus 15:16
And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall wash all his flesh in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:16, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּ֛יִם (bammayim) 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.15.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.16.W6.S1) and character.