Zechariah 14:8:5Zech.14.8.W5TAB
מַֽיִם־חַיִּים֙
mayimkhayim
“living waters”
- Transliteration
- ma-YIM-kha-YIM
- Extended
- mah-YIHM-khah-YEEM
- IPA
- /maˈjim.ħajˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- living waters
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-YIM-kha-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ts-E-U ma-YIM-kha-YIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-ts-E-U ma-YIM-kha-YIM mi-ru-sha-LA-im KHE-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-kad-mo-NI ve-khe-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-a-kha-RON
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-ts-E-U ma-YIM-kha-YIM mi-ru-sha-LA-im KHE-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-kad-mo-NI ve-khe-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-a-kha-RON ba-ka-YITS u-va-KHO-ref yih-ye-YE
Exegesis
In the main clause yetze'u mayim-chayim {יֵצְא֤וּ מַֽיִם־חַיִּים֙ | yēṣʾû ma-yim ḥay-yim} ‘living waters shall go out’, the imperfect verb conveys ongoing emergence, governing a construct noun phrase denoting life-giving streams.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–yod–mem
“water, fluid”
In context — Zechariah 14:8
And it shall be on that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem , half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; and it shall be in summer and in winter.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Zechariah 14:8, so the Hebrew word מַֽיִם־חַיִּים֙ (mayimkhayim) 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 Zech.14.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.8.W5.S1) and character.