Numbers 19:18:4Num.19.18.W4TAB
בַּמַּיִם֮
bamayim
“in the water”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-YIM
- Extended
- bah-mah-YEEM
- IPA
- /bamˈmajim/
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-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM
- clause
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM ve-al-ha-no-GEA ba-E-tsem O ve-cha-LAL O ba-MET O ba-KA-ver
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — Numbers 19:18
And a man who is clean shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the vessels , on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the slain or the dead or the grave.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:18, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּיִם֮ (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 Num.19.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.18.W4.S1) and character.