Numbers 21:5:14Num.21.5.W14TAB
מַ֔יִם
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 | |
| 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-EIN MA-yim
- clause
KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} “for” leads into two existential clauses using ʾên {אֵין | ʾên}: first with lēḥem {לֶחֶם | lē-ḥem} “bread” and then with mā-yim {מַיִם | mā-yim} “water,” reinforcing lack.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem-yod-mem
“water”
In context — Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread , and there is no water; and our soul is weary of this worthless bread.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 21:5, so the Hebrew word מַ֔יִם (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.21.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.5.W14.S1) and character.