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
- 水
- Korean
- 물들
- Indonesian
- air
- Bengali
- জলসমূহ
- Tagalog
- mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኃዎች
- Yoruba
- omi
- Igbo
- mmiri
- Twi
- nsuo
- Ewe
- tsiwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
BEIN MA-yim
- clause
vi-HI ma-ve-DIL BEIN MA-yim la-MA-yim
- 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 context — Genesis 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.