Genesis 7:20:6Gen.7.20.W6PAT
הַמָּ֑יִם
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /ham.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
- French
- les eaux
- Spanish
- las aguas
- Portuguese
- as águas
- German
- die Wasser
- Russian
- воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- المياه
- Hindi
- जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 众水
- Korean
- 그 물
- Indonesian
- air itu
- Bengali
- জলগুলো
- Tagalog
- ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኃዎቹ
- Yoruba
- omi náà
- Igbo
- mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- nsuo no
- Ewe
- tsiwo la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הַ + מָּ֑ + יִם
↓
ha + ma + yim
↓
hamayim
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MA-yim
- clause
kha-MESH es-REH a-MA mil-MA-lah ga-ve-RU ha-MA-yim
- sentence
kha-MESH es-REH a-MA mil-MA-lah ga-ve-RU ha-MA-yim va-ye-khu-SU he-ha-RIM
In context — Genesis 7:20
the waters prevailed {And} were covered the mountains five ten cubits from above
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 7:20, so the Hebrew word הַמָּ֑יִם (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.7.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.20.W6.S1) and character.