Numbers 21:22:9Num.21.22.W9TAB
מֵ֣י
mei
“water”
- Transliteration
- MEI
- Extended
- MEI
- IPA
- /meː/
Meaning by language
- English
- water
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
MEI
- phraseyour reading level
MEI ve-ER
- clause
e-ev-be-RAH ve-ar-TSE-kha LO ni-TEH be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER
- sentence
e-ev-be-RAH ve-ar-TSE-kha LO ni-TEH be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER be-DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The construct mei be’er {מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר | mê bə-ʾêr} ‘waters of a well’ highlights resource restriction.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem-yod-mem
“water”
In context — Numbers 21:22
Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into a field or into a vineyard. We will not drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your border .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:22, so the Hebrew word מֵ֣י (mei) 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.21.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.22.W9.S1) and character.