Genesis 1:10:6Gen.1.10.W6PAT

הַמַּ֖יִם

hamayim

the waters

Transliteration
ha-MA-yim
Extended
hah-MAH-yim
IPA
/ham.ˈma.jim/

Meaning by language

English
the waters
French
eaux
Spanish
aguas
Portuguese
águas
German
Wasser
Russian
вод
Arabic-Simplified
الْمِيَاهِ
Hindi
जल का
Chinese-Simplified
水的
Korean
물의
Indonesian
air itu
Bengali
জলের
Tagalog
mga tubig
Swahili
maji
Amharic
የውኆቹ
Yoruba
omi
Igbo
mmiri
Twi
nsuo no
Ewe
tsiwo

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Result
הַ + מַּ֖ + יִם
ha + ma + yim
hamayim

Alphabet Analysis

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

    ha-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-le-mik-VE ha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-yab-ba-SHA E-rets u-le-mik-VE ha-MA-yim ka-RA ya-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-yab-ba-SHA E-rets u-le-mik-VE ha-MA-yim ka-RA ya-MIM va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV

In contextGenesis 1:10

God {And He} called the dry land Earth and the gathering of the waters He called Seas God {And He} saw that it was good

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 1:10, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֖יִם (hamayim) 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 Gen.1.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.10.W6.S1) and character.