Genesis 7:18:9Gen.7.18.W9PAT

הַמָּֽיִם׃

hamayim

the waters

Transliteration
ha-MA-yim
Extended
hah-MAA-yihm
IPA
/hamˈmaː.jim/

Meaning by language

English
the waters
French
les eaux
Spanish
las aguas
Portuguese
as águas
German
Gewässer
Russian
вод
Arabic-Simplified
المياه
Hindi
जल की
Chinese-Simplified
众水的
Korean
물의
Indonesian
air-air itu
Bengali
জলগুলোর
Tagalog
mga tubig
Swahili
maji hayo
Amharic
ውኃዎቹ
Yoruba
àwọn omi náà
Igbo
mmiri ndị ahụ
Twi
nsu no
Ewe
tsiwo la

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Result
הַ + מָּֽ + יִם׃
ha + ma + yim
hamayim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-pe-NEI ha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA al-pe-NEI ha-MA-yim

  4. 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 contextGenesis 7:18

the waters became mighty multiplied greatly upon the earth the ark floated on the surface of the waters

About this coordinate

Genesis 7:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 7:18, so the Hebrew word הַמָּֽיִם׃ (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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.18.W9.S1) and character.