Genesis 18:4:2Gen.18.4.W2PAT
מְעַט־מַ֔יִם
meatmayim
“a little water”
- Transliteration
- me-at-MA-yim
- Extended
- meh-aht-MAH-yim
- IPA
- /mə.ʕat.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- a little water
- French
- un peu d'eau
- Spanish
- un poco de agua
- Portuguese
- um pouco de água
- German
- ein wenig Wasser
- Russian
- немного воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- قليلًا من الماء
- Hindi
- थोड़ा जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一点水
- Korean
- 약간의 물
- Indonesian
- sedikit air
- Bengali
- অল্প জল
- Tagalog
- kaunting tubig
- Swahili
- maji kidogo
- Amharic
- ጥቂት ውሃ
- Yoruba
- omi díẹ̀
- Igbo
- ntakịrị mmiri
- Twi
- nsuo kakra
- Ewe
- tsi sue aɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| 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
me-at-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
yu-kakh-NA me-at-MA-yim
- clause
yu-kakh-NA me-at-MA-yim ve-ra-kha-TSU rag-LEI-khem
- sentence
yu-kakh-NA me-at-MA-yim ve-ra-kha-TSU rag-LEI-khem ve-hish-sha-a-NU TA-khat ha-ETS
In context — Genesis 18:4
please bring a little water wash your feet rest yourselves under the tree
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 18:4, so the Hebrew word מְעַט־מַ֔יִם (meatmayim) 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.18.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.4.W2.S1) and character.