Leviticus 15:22:8Lev.15.22.W8TAB
בַּמַּ֖יִם
bamayim
“in water”
- Transliteration
- ba-MA-yim
- Extended
- bah-MA-yim
- IPA
- /bam.ˈma.jim/
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
ba-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim
- clause
ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-khol-han-no-GEA beh-khohl-ke-LEE ah-sher-te-SHEV ah-LAV ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
Root and etymology
RootMem Yod Mem
“water, liquid”
In context — Leviticus 15:22
And anyone who touches any vessel on which she sits must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 15:22, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּ֖יִם (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.15.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.22.W8.S1) and character.