Genesis 21:15:2Gen.21.15.W2PAT
הַמַּ֖יִם
hamayim
“the water”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yim
- IPA
- /ham.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the water
- French
- l'eau
- Spanish
- el agua
- Portuguese
- a água
- German
- das Wasser
- Russian
- вода
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمِيَاهُ
- Hindi
- पानी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 水
- Korean
- 그 물
- Indonesian
- air itu
- Bengali
- জলটি
- Tagalog
- ang tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኃው
- Yoruba
- omi náà
- Igbo
- mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- nsuo no
- Ewe
- tsi 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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Word in context
- word
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim min-ha-KHE-met
- sentence
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim min-ha-KHE-met va-tash-LEKH et-ha-YE-led TA-khat a-KHAD ha-si-KHIM
In context — Genesis 21:15
the water ran out from the skin-bottle she threw the child under one of the bushes
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 21:15, 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.21.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.15.W2.S1) and character.