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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ham-MA-yim ga-ve-RU me-OD me-OD al-ha-A-rets
- 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 context — Genesis 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.