Genesis 1:6:11Gen.1.6.W11PAT
לָמָֽיִם׃
lamayim
“and waters”
- Transliteration
- la-MA-yim
- Extended
- lah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /laː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and waters
- French
- et des eaux
- Spanish
- y aguas
- Portuguese
- e águas
- German
- und Wasser
- Russian
- и воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَمِيَاهٍ
- Hindi
- और जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和水
- Korean
- 그리고 물들
- Indonesian
- dan air
- Bengali
- এবং জলসমূহ
- Tagalog
- at mga tubig
- Swahili
- na maji
- Amharic
- እና ውኃዎች
- Yoruba
- ati omi
- Igbo
- na mmiri
- Twi
- ne nsuo
- Ewe
- kple tsiwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-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 1:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 1:6, so the Hebrew word לָמָֽיִם׃ (lamayim) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.6.W11.S1) and character.