Genesis 1:22:8Gen.1.22.W8PAT
אֶת־הַמַּ֙יִם֙
ethamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- eht-hah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.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
- ٱلْمِيَاهَ
- Hindi
- जलों को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 众水
- Korean
- 물들을
- Indonesian
- air
- Bengali
- জলসমূহকে
- Tagalog
- ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኆቹን
- Yoruba
- awọn omi
- Igbo
- mmiri
- Twi
- nsuo no
- Ewe
- tsiwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
u-mil-U et-ha-MA-yim
- clause
pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-MA-yim ba-yam-MIM ve-ha-OF YI-rev ba-a-RETS
- sentence
va-ye-VA-rekh o-TAM e-lo-HIM leh-MOR pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-MA-yim ba-yam-MIM ve-ha-OF YI-rev ba-a-RETS
In context — Genesis 1:22
God {And He} blessed them saying be fruitful multiply fill the waters in the seas and let the birds multiply on the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 1:22, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמַּ֙יִם֙ (ethamayim) 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.1.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.22.W8.S1) and character.