Genesis 26:20:8Gen.26.20.W8PAT
הַמָּ֑יִם
hamayim
“the water”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ham.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the water
- French
- l'eau
- Spanish
- el agua
- Portuguese
- a água
- German
- das Wasser
- Russian
- вода
- Arabic-Simplified
- الماء
- Hindi
- पानी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 水
- Korean
- 그 물은
- Indonesian
- air itu
- Bengali
- জলটি
- Tagalog
- ang tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኃው
- Yoruba
- omi naa
- Igbo
- mmiri ahu
- Twi
- nsuo no
- Ewe
- tsi la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
la-NU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-RI-vu ro-EI ge-RAR im-ro-EI yi-tse-KHAK le-MOR la-NU ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-RI-vu ro-EI ge-RAR im-ro-EI yi-tse-KHAK le-MOR la-NU ha-MA-yim va-yik-RA shem-ha-be-ER E-sek KI hi-te-a-se-KU im-MO
In context — Genesis 26:20
herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac is ours the water saying the name of the well Esek he called because they contended with him
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 26:20, so the Hebrew word הַמָּ֑יִם (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.26.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.20.W8.S1) and character.