Exodus 8:20:11Exod.8.20.W11PATWLC Exodus 8:16
הַמָּ֑יְמָה
hammaima
“to the water”
- Transliteration
- ham-MAI-ma
- Extended
- hahm-MAI-mah
- IPA
- /hamˈmaj.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the water
- French
- vers l'eau
- Spanish
- al agua
- Portuguese
- à água
- German
- zum Wasser
- Russian
- к воде
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الماء
- Hindi
- पानी की ओर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 往水边
- Korean
- 물로
- Indonesian
- ke air
- Bengali
- জলের দিকে
- Tagalog
- sa tubig
- Swahili
- majini
- Amharic
- ወደ ውሃ
- Yoruba
- si omi
- Igbo
- n'ebe mmiri dị
- Twi
- akɔ nsuo no ho
- Ewe
- yi tsi gbɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-MAI-ma
- phraseyour reading level
yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH hash-KEM bab-BO-ker ve-hit-ya-TSEV lif-NEI par-OH hi-NEH yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH hash-KEM bab-BO-ker ve-hit-ya-TSEV lif-NEI par-OH hi-NEH yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma ve-a-MAR-ta e-LAV KOH a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH shal-LAKH am-MI ve-ya-av-DU-ni
In context — Exodus 8:20
and he said LORD to Moses rise early in the morning and station yourself before Pharaoh behold he is going out to the water and you shall say to him thus says LORD let go my people that they may serve me
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 8:20, so the Hebrew word הַמָּ֑יְמָה (hammaima) 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.8.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.20.W11.S1) and character.