Deuteronomy 12:16:7Deut.12.16.W7PAT
כַּמַּ֖יִם׃
kamayim
“like water”
- Transliteration
- ka-MA-yim
- Extended
- kah-MAH-yeem
- IPA
- /kamˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- like water
- French
- comme de l'eau
- Spanish
- como agua
- Portuguese
- como água
- German
- wie Wasser
- Russian
- как вода
- Arabic-Simplified
- مثل الماء
- Hindi
- पानी की तरह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 像水一样
- Korean
- 물처럼
- Indonesian
- seperti air
- Bengali
- জলের মতো
- Tagalog
- tulad ng tubig
- Swahili
- kama maji
- Amharic
- እንደ ውኃ
- Yoruba
- bí omi
- Igbo
- dị ka mmiri
- Twi
- te sɛ nsu
- Ewe
- ɖe tsi ene
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
כַּ + מַּ֖ + יִם׃
↓
ka + ma + yim
↓
kamayim
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-MA-yim
- clause
tish-pe-KHE-nu ka-MA-yim
- sentence
RAK ha-DAM LO to-khe-LU al-ha-A-retz tish-pe-KHE-nu ka-MA-yim
In context — Deuteronomy 12:16
Only the blood not eat on the earth pour it out like water
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 12:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 12:16, so the Hebrew word כַּמַּ֖יִם׃ (kamayim) 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 Deut.12.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.12.16.W7.S1) and character.