Genesis 1:21:11Gen.1.21.W11PAT
הַמַּ֜יִם
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yim
- 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
- 물들이
- Indonesian
- air
- Bengali
- জলসমূহ
- Tagalog
- ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኃዎቹ
- Yoruba
- àwọn omi
- Igbo
- mmiri
- Twi
- nsuo no
- Ewe
- tsiwo
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 | |
| 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
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER sha-re-TSU ha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ET kol-NE-fesh ha-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set a-SHER sha-re-TSU ha-MA-yim le-mi-NE-hem ve-ET kol-OF ka-NAF le-mi-NE-hu va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV
- sentence
va-yiv-RA e-lo-HIM et-ha-ta-ni-NIM ha-ge-do-LIM ve-ET kol-NE-fesh ha-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set a-SHER sha-re-TSU ha-MA-yim le-mi-NE-hem ve-ET kol-OF ka-NAF le-mi-NE-hu va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV
In context — Genesis 1:21
God {And He} created great the sea creatures and every creature the living the moving with which swarmed the waters according to their kinds and every bird winged according to its kind God {He} saw that it was good
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 1:21, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֜יִם (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.1.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.21.W11.S1) and character.