Genesis 1:9:4Gen.1.9.W4PAT
הַמַּ֜יִם
hammayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ham-MA-yim
- Extended
- hahm-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /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
- الْمِيَاه
- Hindi
- वे जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 众水
- Korean
- 그 물들이
- Indonesian
- air itu
- Bengali
- জলসমূহ
- Tagalog
- ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኆቹ
- Yoruba
- omi náà
- Igbo
- mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- nsuo 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
ham-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
yik-ka-VU ham-MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yik-ka-VU ham-MA-yim mi-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim el-ma-KOM e-KHAD ve-te-ra-EH ha-yab-ba-SHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yik-ka-VU ham-MA-yim mi-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim el-ma-KOM e-KHAD ve-te-ra-EH ha-yab-ba-SHA va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:9
God {And He} said let be gathered the waters from under the heavens to place one {and} let appear the dry land {And} it was thus
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:9, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֜יִם (hammayim) 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.1.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.9.W4.S1) and character.