Genesis 6:17:5Gen.6.17.W5PAT
מַ֙יִם֙
mayim
“waters”
- Transliteration
- MA-yim
- Extended
- MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- waters
- French
- eaux
- Spanish
- aguas
- Portuguese
- águas
- German
- Wasser
- Russian
- воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- مياه
- Hindi
- जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 水
- Korean
- 물
- Indonesian
- air
- Bengali
- জল
- Tagalog
- mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኃ
- Yoruba
- omi
- Igbo
- mmiri
- Twi
- nsu
- Ewe
- tsiwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim
- clause
va-a-NI hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim al-ha-A-rets le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR a-sher-BO RU-akh khai-YIM mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-a-NI hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim al-ha-A-rets le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR a-sher-BO RU-akh khai-YIM mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim KOL a-sher-ba-A-rets yig-VA
In context — Genesis 6:17
and I here I am bringing the flood waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which breath of life from under the heavens everything that is on the earth will die
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 6:17, so the Hebrew word מַ֙יִם֙ (mayim) 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.6.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.17.W5.S1) and character.