Nehemiah 13:2:7Neh.13.2.W7TAB
וּבַמָּ֑יִם
uvamayim
“and with water”
- Transliteration
- u-va-MA-yim
- Extended
- oo-vah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /u.vaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-va-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
bal-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim
- clause
KI LO kid-DE-MU ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL bal-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim
- sentence
KI LO kid-DE-MU ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL bal-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim va-yis-KOR a-LAV ET-bil-AM le-kal-LO va-ya-ha-FOKH e-lo-HEI-nu hak-ke-la-LA liv-ra-KHA
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases ba-ləḥem {בַּלֶּחֶם | ba-ləḥem} ‘with bread’ and u-vammāyim {וּבַמָּיִם | u-vammāyim} ‘with water’ form a merism denoting general provision.
In context — Nehemiah 13:2
Because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam to curse them, yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Nehemiah 13:2, so the Hebrew word וּבַמָּ֑יִם (uvamayim) 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 Neh.13.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.2.W7.S1) and character.