Numbers 20:11:9Num.20.11.W9TAB
מַ֣יִם
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yim
- IPA
- /ˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
MA-yim ra-BIM
- clause
va-ye-TSE-u MA-yim ra-BIM va-TESH-te ha-e-DA u-ve-i-RAM
- sentence
va-ya-REM mo-SHEH ET-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-ha-SE-la be-ma-TE-hu pa-a-MAI-im va-ye-TSE-u MA-yim ra-BIM va-TESH-te ha-e-DA u-ve-i-RAM
Exegesis
The noun-adjective phrase mayim rabbim {מַ֣יִם רַבִּים | mayim rabbîm} ‘waters abundant’ intensifies the result.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem-yod-mem
“water”
In context — Numbers 20:11
And Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff , and abundant waters gushed forth, and the congregation drank along with their livestock.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:11, so the Hebrew word מַ֣יִם (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.20.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.11.W9.S1) and character.