Numbers 21:16:13Num.21.16.W13TAB
מָֽיִם׃
mayim
“water”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yeem
- IPA
- /ˈma.jim/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
MA-yim
- clause
hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem-yod-mem
“water”
In context — Numbers 21:16
And from there they came to Beer—it is the well which the LORD said to Moses: “Gather the people , and I will give them water.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 21:16, 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.21.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W13.S1) and character.