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

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Result
הַ + מַּ֜ + 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

    a-SHER sha-re-TSU ha-MA-yim

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.