Genesis 1:7:11Gen.1.7.W11PAT
הַמַּ֔יִם
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ha.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
- French
- les eaux
- Spanish
- las aguas
- Portuguese
- as águas
- German
- den Gewässern
- Russian
- водами
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمِيَاه
- Hindi
- जलों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 水
- Korean
- 그 물들
- Indonesian
- air itu
- Bengali
- জলগুলো
- Tagalog
- ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኆቹ
- Yoruba
- omi náà
- Igbo
- mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- nsu no
- Ewe
- tsiwo la
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEN ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah
- sentence
va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:7
God {And He} made the expanse separated between the waters that are under the expanse and between the waters that are above the expanse {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 1:7, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֔יִם (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.1.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.7.W11.S1) and character.