Genesis 24:17:7Gen.24.17.W7PAT
מְעַט־מַ֖יִם
meatmayim
“a little water”
- Transliteration
- me-at-MA-yim
- Extended
- meh-aht-MAH-yihm
- 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
- قَلِيلًا مِنَ الْمَاءِ
- Hindi
- थोड़ा पानी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一点水
- Korean
- 물 조금
- Indonesian
- sedikit air
- Bengali
- একটু জল
- Tagalog
- kaunting tubig
- Swahili
- maji kidogo
- Amharic
- ትንሽ ውኃ
- Yoruba
- omi díẹ̀
- Igbo
- ntakịrị mmiri
- Twi
- nsuo kakra
- Ewe
- tsi sue
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
- clause
va-yo-MER hag-mi-I-ni NA me-at-MA-yim mik-ka-DEKH
- sentence
va-ya-RATS ha-E-ved lik-ra-TAH va-yo-MER hag-mi-I-ni NA me-at-MA-yim mik-ka-DEKH
In context — Genesis 24:17
the servant ran to meet her he said let me drink please a little water from your jar
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 24:17, so the Hebrew word מְעַט־מַ֖יִם (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.24.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.17.W7.S1) and character.