Numbers 20:10:14Num.20.10.W14TAB
מָֽיִם׃
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yeem
- IPA
- /ˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
- sentence
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The clause concludes with mayim {מָֽיִם | māyim} ‘water’, the essential element sought.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — Numbers 20:10
Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 20:10, so the Hebrew word מָֽיִם׃ (mayim) 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.20.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.10.W14.S1) and character.