Numbers 20:8:15Num.20.8.W15TAB
מַ֙יִם֙
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
ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim
- clause
ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
- sentence
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
Root and etymology
מ־י־ם
“water”
In context — Numbers 20:8
Take the staff and assemble the congregation—you and Aaron your brother—and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will release its water. You shall bring water out for them from the rock and provide the congregation and their livestock water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word מַ֙יִם֙ (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.20.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W15.S1) and character.