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
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
al-ha-MA-yim
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.