Genesis 8:1:15Gen.8.1.W15PAT
הַמָּֽיִם׃
hamayim
“the waters”
- Transliteration
- ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-MAA-yeem
- IPA
- /hamˈmaː.jiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waters
- French
- les eaux
- Spanish
- las aguas
- Portuguese
- as águas
- German
- die Gewässer
- Russian
- воды
- Arabic-Simplified
- المياه
- Hindi
- जल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 众水
- Korean
- 그 물
- Indonesian
- air itu
- Bengali
- পানিগুলো
- Tagalog
- ang tubig
- Swahili
- maji hayo
- Amharic
- ውኆቹ
- Yoruba
- omi náà
- Igbo
- mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- nsu no
- Ewe
- tsi la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-a-VER e-lo-HIM RU-akh al-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHO-ku ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-NO-akh ve-ET kol-ha-khai-YAH ve-et-kol-ha-be-he-MAH a-SHER it-TO ba-te-VAH va-ya-a-VER e-lo-HIM RU-akh al-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHO-ku ha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 8:1
God remembered Noah and all the living creatures and all the livestock that were with him in the ark God sent a wind over the earth the waters subsided
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 8:1, 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.8.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.1.W15.S1) and character.