Genesis 1:2:12Gen.1.2.W12PAT
הַמָּֽיִם׃
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /ham.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
- French
- eaux
- Spanish
- aguas
- Portuguese
- águas
- German
- den Wassern
- Russian
- вод
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمِيَاهِ
- Hindi
- जल की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 水的
- Korean
- 물의
- Indonesian
- air
- Bengali
- জলসমূহের
- Tagalog
- mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- የውኆች
- Yoruba
- omi
- Igbo
- mmiri
- Twi
- nsuo no
- Ewe
- tsiwo la
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM me-ra-KHE-fet al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-A-rets ha-ye-TA TO-hu va-VO-hu ve-KHO-shekh al-pe-NE te-HOM ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM me-ra-KHE-fet al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:2
and the earth was formless and empty and darkness was upon the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering upon the surface of the waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word הַמָּֽיִם׃ (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.1.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W12.S1) and character.