Genesis 16:7:5Gen.16.7.W5PAT

הַמַּ֖יִם

hamayim

the water

Transliteration
ha-MA-yim
Extended
hah-MA-yihm
IPA
/ham.ˈma.jim/

Meaning by language

English
the water
French
l'eau
Spanish
el agua
Portuguese
a água
German
des Wassers
Russian
воды
Arabic-Simplified
الماء
Hindi
जल के
Chinese-Simplified
那水的
Korean
물의
Indonesian
air itu
Bengali
জলের
Tagalog
tubig
Swahili
maji yale
Amharic
የውሃ
Yoruba
omi náà
Igbo
mmiri ahụ
Twi
nsuo no
Ewe
tsi la

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Result
הַ + מַּ֖ + יִם
ha + ma + yim
hamayim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
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

    ha-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-EN ha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    va-yim-tsa-AH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-EN ha-MA-yim bam-mid-BAR

  4. sentence

    va-yim-tsa-AH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-EN ha-MA-yim bam-mid-BAR al-ha-A-yin be-DE-rekh SHUR

In contextGenesis 16:7

messenger of LORD found her by a spring of the water in the wilderness by the spring on the way to Shur

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 16:7, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֖יִם (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.16.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.7.W5.S1) and character.