Genesis 24:43:13Gen.24.43.W13PAT
מְעַט־מַ֖יִם
meatmayim
“a little water”
- Transliteration
- me-at-MA-yim
- Extended
- meh-aht-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /mə.ʕat.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- a little water
- French
- un peu d'eau
- Spanish
- un poco de agua
- Russian
- немного воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- قَلِيلًا مِنَ الْمَاءِ
- Hindi
- थोड़ा जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一点水
- Swahili
- maji kidogo
- Twi
- nsuo kakra
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
ha-she-ki-ni-NA me-at-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-a-le-MA ha-yo-TSET li-she-OV ve-a-ma-re-TI e-LE-ha ha-she-ki-ni-NA me-at-MA-yim mi-ka-DEKH
- sentence
hi-NE a-no-KHI nit-TSAV al-EIN ham-MA-yim ve-ha-YA ha-a-le-MA ha-yo-TSET li-she-OV ve-a-ma-re-TI e-LE-ha ha-she-ki-ni-NA me-at-MA-yim mi-ka-DEKH
In context — Genesis 24:43
behold I standing by the spring of the water and it will be the young woman the one coming out to draw and I will say to her please let me drink a little water from your jar
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:43:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 24:43, 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.24.43.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.43.W13.S1) and character.