Genesis 1:6:10Gen.1.6.W10PAT

מַ֖יִם

mayim

waters

Transliteration
MA-yim
Extended
MAH-yihm
IPA
/ˈma.jim/

Meaning by language

English
waters
French
des eaux
Spanish
aguas
Portuguese
águas
German
Wasser
Russian
воды
Arabic-Simplified
مِيَاهٍ
Hindi
जल
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
물들
Indonesian
air
Bengali
জলসমূহ
Tagalog
mga tubig
Swahili
maji
Amharic
ውኃዎች
Yoruba
omi
Igbo
mmiri
Twi
nsuo
Ewe
tsiwo

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Result
מַ֖ + יִם
ma + yim
mayim

Alphabet Analysis

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

    MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BEIN MA-yim

  3. clause

    vi-HI ma-ve-DIL BEIN MA-yim la-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI ra-KI-a be-TOKH ha-MA-yim vi-HI ma-ve-DIL BEIN MA-yim la-MA-yim

In contextGenesis 1:6

God {And He} said let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it be separating between waters and waters

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 1:6, so the Hebrew word מַ֖יִם (mayim) 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.1.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.6.W10.S1) and character.