Genesis 7:24:2Gen.7.24.W2PAT
הַמַּ֖יִם
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ham.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
- French
- les eaux
- Spanish
- las aguas
- Portuguese
- as águas
- German
- die Wasser
- Russian
- воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْمِيَاهُ
- Hindi
- जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 众水
- Korean
- 그 물들
- Indonesian
- air itu
- Bengali
- জলসমূহ
- Tagalog
- ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- maji
- Amharic
- ውኆቹ
- Yoruba
- àwọn omi náà
- Igbo
- mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- nsuo no
- Ewe
- tsiwo la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הַ + מַּ֖ + 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 | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
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 al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim al-ha-A-rets kha-mi-SHIM u-me-AT YOM
In context — Genesis 7:24
the waters {And} grew stronger over the earth and a hundred fifty days
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 7:24, so the Hebrew word הַמַּ֖יִם (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.7.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.24.W2.S1) and character.