Exodus 7:17:14Exod.7.17.W14PAT

עַל־הַמַּ֖יִם

alhamayim

upon the waters

Transliteration
al-ha-MA-yim
Extended
ahl-hah-MAH-yihm
IPA
/ʕal.ham.ˈmajim/

Meaning by language

English
upon the waters
French
sur les eaux
Spanish
sobre las aguas
Portuguese
sobre as águas
German
auf den Wassern
Russian
на водах
Arabic-Simplified
على المياه
Hindi
जल पर
Chinese-Simplified
在水上
Korean
그 물들 위에
Indonesian
atas air itu
Bengali
জলগুলোর উপর
Tagalog
sa ibabaw ng mga tubig
Swahili
juu ya maji
Amharic
በውኃዎቹ ላይ
Yoruba
lórí àwọn omi
Igbo
n'elu mmiri ndị ahụ
Twi
wɔ nsuo no so
Ewe
ɖe tsiwo la dzi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עַל + הַ + מַּ֖ + יִם
al + ha + ma + yim
alhamayim

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-ha-MA-yim

  2. clause

    hin-NE a-no-KHI ma-KE ba-ma-TE a-SHER-be-ya-DI al-ha-MA-yim a-SHER ba-ye-OR ve-ne-hef-KHU le-DAM

  3. sentence

    KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH be-ZOT te-DA KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH hin-NE a-no-KHI ma-KE ba-ma-TE a-SHER-be-ya-DI al-ha-MA-yim a-SHER ba-ye-OR ve-ne-hef-KHU le-DAM

In contextExodus 7:17

thus says LORD by this you will know that I LORD behold I will strike with the staff that is in my hand upon the waters that in the Nile and they will turn into blood

About this coordinate

Exodus 7:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 7:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמַּ֖יִם (alhamayim) 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 Exod.7.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.7.17.W14.S1) and character.