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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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ham-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA
- 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 context — Genesis 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.