Numbers 19:8:5Num.19.8.W5TAB
בַּמַּ֔יִם
bamayim
“in water”
- Transliteration
- ba-MA-yim
- Extended
- bah-MA-yim
- IPA
- /bamˈmajim/
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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Word in context
- word
ba-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ha-SO-ref o-TAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ba-MA-yim ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-SO-ref o-TAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ba-MA-yim ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The prepositional bamayim {בַּמַּ֔יִם | ba-ˈmayyim} ‘in water’ specifies the medium for washing.
The noun besaroh {בְּשָׂר֖וֹ | bə-šārô} ‘his flesh’ parallels the cleansing of clothes, again with bamayim {בַּמָּ֑יִם | ba-ˈmayyim}.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — Numbers 19:8
And the one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 19:8, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּ֔יִם (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.19.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.8.W5.S1) and character.