Genesis 49:4:2Gen.49.4.W2PAT
כַּמַּ֙יִם֙
kamayim
“like water”
- Transliteration
- ka-MA-yim
- Extended
- kah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /kam.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- like water
- French
- comme l'eau
- Spanish
- como el agua
- Portuguese
- como a água
- German
- wie Wasser
- Russian
- как вода
- Arabic-Simplified
- كالماء
- Hindi
- जल के समान
- Chinese-Simplified
- 像水一样
- Korean
- 물처럼
- Indonesian
- seperti air
- Bengali
- জলের মতো
- Tagalog
- gaya ng tubig
- Swahili
- kama maji
- Amharic
- እንደ ውሃ
- Yoruba
- bí omi
- Igbo
- dika mmiri
- Twi
- sɛ nsuo
- Ewe
- abe tsi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim
- clause
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim al-to-TAR KI a-LI-ta mish-ke-VEI a-VI-kha
- sentence
pa-KHAZ ka-MA-yim al-to-TAR KI a-LI-ta mish-ke-VEI a-VI-kha AZ khi-LAL-ta ye-tsu-I a-LA
In context — Genesis 49:4
unstable like water you shall not excel because you went up beds of your father then you defiled my couch he went up
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 49:4, so the Hebrew word כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ (kamayim) 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.49.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.4.W2.S1) and character.