Genesis 7:19:1Gen.7.19.W1PAT

וְהַמַּ֗יִם

vehammayim

and the waters

Transliteration
ve-ham-MA-yim
Extended
veh-hahm-MAA-yihm
IPA
/wə.ham.ˈma.jim/

Meaning by language

English
and the waters
French
et les eaux
Spanish
y las aguas
Portuguese
e as águas
German
und die Wasser
Russian
и воды
Arabic-Simplified
وَالْمِيَاهُ
Hindi
और वे जल
Chinese-Simplified
和众水
Korean
그리고 그 물들
Indonesian
dan air
Bengali
এবং জলসমূহ
Tagalog
at ang mga tubig
Swahili
na maji
Amharic
እና ውኆቹ
Yoruba
àti omi
Igbo
na mmiri
Twi
na nsu no
Ewe
kple tsiwo la

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Result
וְ + הַמ + מַּ֗ + יִם
ve + ham + ma + yim
vehammayim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
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

    ve-ham-MA-yim

  2. clause

    ve-ham-MA-yim ga-ve-RU me-OD me-OD al-ha-A-rets

  3. sentence

    ve-ham-MA-yim ga-ve-RU me-OD me-OD al-ha-A-rets va-ye-khus-SU kol-he-ha-RIM hag-ge-vo-HIM a-sher-TA-khat kol-hash-sha-MA-yim

In contextGenesis 7:19

and the waters prevailed very very upon the earth the high all the mountains that are under all the heavens {And} were covered

About this coordinate

Genesis 7:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 7:19, so the Hebrew word וְהַמַּ֗יִם (vehammayim) 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.7.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.19.W1.S1) and character.