Leviticus 15:8:7Lev.15.8.W7TAB
בַּמַּ֖יִם
bamayim
“in the water”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-YIM
- Extended
- bah-ma-YEEM
- IPA
- /bam.ma.ˈjiːm/
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 | |
| 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
ve-ra-KHATS ba-ma-YIM
- clause
ve-khi-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-ma-YIM ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
ve-khee-yah-ROK ha-ZAV ba-ta-HOR ve-khi-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-ma-YIM ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem-yod-mem
“water”
In context — Leviticus 15:8
And if the man with a discharge spits on someone who is clean, then that person shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 15:8, 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.15.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.8.W7.S1) and character.