Deuteronomy 12:24:5Deut.12.24.W5PAT
כַּמַּיִם׃
kamayim
“like water”
- Transliteration
- ka-MA-yim
- Extended
- kah-MA-yeem
- IPA
- /ka.ˈma.jim/
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
- পানির মতো
- Tagalog
- tulad ng tubig
- Swahili
- kama maji
- Amharic
- እንደ ውሃ
- Yoruba
- bí omi
- Igbo
- dị ka mmiri
- Twi
- sɛ nsuo
- Ewe
- kple tsi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
כַּ + מַּ + 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-MA-yim
- sentence
LO to-akh-le-NU al-ha-A-retz tish-pe-khe-NU ka-MA-yim
In context — Deuteronomy 12:24
not eat it on the earth pour it out like water
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 12:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 12:24, so the Hebrew word כַּמַּיִם׃ (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.12.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.12.24.W5.S1) and character.