Leviticus 15:18:8Lev.15.18.W8TAB
בַמַּ֔יִם
vamayim
“in water”
- Transliteration
- va-MA-yim
- Extended
- vah-MA-yim
- IPA
- /vaˈmajim/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ra-kha-TSU va-MA-yim
- clause
veh-ra-kha-TSU va-MA-yim veh-tam-U ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-ih-SHAH ah-SHER yish-KAV ISH o-TAH shikh-VAT-ZA-ra veh-ra-kha-TSU va-MA-yim veh-tam-U ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-mayim {בַּמַּיִם | ba-ma-yim} ‘with water’ specifies the purification medium, and ʿad-hā-ʿārev {עַד־הָעָֽרֶב | ʿad-hā-ʿā-rev} ‘until the evening’ defines the temporal limit of the impurity.
Root and etymology
RootMem Yod Mem
“water, liquid”
In context — Leviticus 15:18
And a woman with whom a man lies in an emission of semen—both shall wash with water , and they shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 15:18, so the Hebrew word בַמַּ֔יִם (vamayim) 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.15.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.18.W8.S1) and character.