Genesis 1:20:4Gen.1.20.W4PAT

הַמַּ֔יִם

hammayim

the waters

Transliteration
ham-MA-yim
Extended
hahm-MAA-yihm
IPA
/ham.ˈma.jim/

Meaning by language

English
the waters
French
les eaux
Spanish
las aguas
Portuguese
as águas
German
die Wasser
Russian
воды
Arabic-Simplified
الْمِيَاهُ
Hindi
जल
Chinese-Simplified
众水
Korean
물들
Indonesian
air
Bengali
জলসমূহ
Tagalog
ang mga tubig
Swahili
maji
Amharic
ውኆቹ
Yoruba
àwọn omi
Igbo
mmiri
Twi
nsu no
Ewe
tsiwo la

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Result
הַמ + מַּ֔ + יִם
ham + ma + yim
hammayim

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

    ham-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim

In contextGenesis 1:20

God {And He} said the waters swarm with swarms of creatures living {And} birds fly over the earth across the surface of the expanse of the heavens

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:20, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֔יִם (hammayim) 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.1.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.20.W4.S1) and character.