וּ֭מַיִם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּ֭מַיִם

   u-MA-yim

   and waters
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו

   u-MA-yim LO ya-a-ve-RU-FI-v

   and waters not they might pass over his mouth or his command
3. clause🔊 בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו

   be-SU-mo la-YAM khu-KO u-MA-yim LO ya-a-ve-RU-FI-v

   when he set or when he placed him for the sea its statute or its limit and waters not they might pass over his mouth or his command
4. sentence🔊 בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

   be-SU-mo la-YAM khu-KO u-MA-yim LO ya-a-ve-RU-FI-v be-KHU-ko mo-se-DE A-rets

   when he set or when he placed him for the sea its statute or its limit and waters not they might pass over his mouth or his command when he decreed him or when he set his boundary foundations of earth or land

Exegesis

The conjunction umayim {וּ֭מַיִם |u-mayim} ‘and the waters’ links the purpose clause back to the main sequence.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ר־ו־םresh–vav–mem

“high, lofty, exalted”

• 🔊 מָרוֹםmā-rômheight, high placeIsaiah 33:5