Genesis 24:43:5Gen.24.43.W5PAT
הַמָּ֑יִם
hammayim
“the water”
- Transliteration
- ham-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ham.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the water
- French
- l'eau
- Spanish
- el agua
- Russian
- воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمَاءِ
- Hindi
- जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 水
- Swahili
- maji
- Twi
- nsuo no
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ham-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
al-EIN ham-MA-yim
- clause
hi-NE a-no-KHI nit-TSAV al-EIN ham-MA-yim
- 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 24:43:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 24:43, so the Hebrew word הַמָּ֑יִם (hammayim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.43.W5.S1) and character.