Genesis 8:5:1Gen.8.5.W1PAT
וְהַמַּ֗יִם
vehamayim
“and the waters”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-MA-yim
- Extended
- veh-hah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /və.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
- والمياه
- Hindi
- और जलसमूह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和众水
- Korean
- 그리고 그 물들
- Indonesian
- dan air-air itu
- Bengali
- আর জলসমূহ
- Tagalog
- at ang mga tubig
- Swahili
- na maji hayo
- Amharic
- እና ውኃዎቹ
- Yoruba
- ati omi náà
- Igbo
- na mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- na nsuo no
- Ewe
- eye tsi 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-ha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ha-MA-yim ha-YU ha-LOKH ve-kha-SOR AD ha-KHO-desh ha-a-si-RI
- sentence
ve-ha-MA-yim ha-YU ha-LOKH ve-kha-SOR AD ha-KHO-desh ha-a-si-RI ba-a-si-RI be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh ni-re-U ra-SHEI heh-ha-RIM
In context — Genesis 8:5
and the waters were continuing and diminishing until the month the tenth in the tenth on the first of the month tops of the mountains were seen
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:5, so the Hebrew word וְהַמַּ֗יִם (vehamayim) 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.8.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.5.W1.S1) and character.