Genesis 7:18:2Gen.7.18.W2PAT
הַמַּ֛יִם
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /hamˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
- French
- les eaux
- Spanish
- las aguas
- Portuguese
- as águas
- German
- die Gewässer
- Russian
- воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- المياه
- Hindi
- जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 众水
- Korean
- 물들
- Indonesian
- air-air itu
- Bengali
- জলগুলো
- Tagalog
- ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji hayo
- Amharic
- ውኃዎቹ
- Yoruba
- àwọn omi náà
- Igbo
- mmiri ndị ahụ
- Twi
- nsu no
- Ewe
- tsiwo 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim va-yir-BU me-OD al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim va-yir-BU me-OD al-ha-A-rets va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA al-pe-NEI ha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 7:18
the waters became mighty multiplied greatly upon the earth the ark floated on the surface of the waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 7:18, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֛יִם (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.7.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.18.W2.S1) and character.