Leviticus 11:36:4Lev.11.36.W4PAT

מִקְוֵה־מַ֖יִם

mikvehmayim

a gathering of water

Transliteration
mik-VEH-ma-YIM
Extended
mik-VEH-mah-YEEM
IPA
/miqˈweː.maˈjiːm/

Meaning by language

English
a gathering of water
French
un rassemblement d'eau
Spanish
un acopio de agua
Portuguese
uma reunião de água
German
Wassersammlung
Russian
собрание воды
Arabic-Simplified
تجميع الماء
Hindi
पानी का जमाव
Chinese-Simplified
水的聚集
Korean
물의 모임
Indonesian
kumpulan air
Bengali
জলের সমাবেশ
Tagalog
pagtitipon ng tubig
Swahili
mkusanyiko wa maji
Amharic
የውሃ ስብስብ
Yoruba
ìkójọpọ̀ omi
Igbo
mkpokọta mmiri
Twi
nsuo boaboa
Ewe
kplɔkplɔ tsi

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Result
מִקְ + וֵה + מַ֖ + יִם
mik + veh + ma + yim
mikvehmayim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    mik-VEH-ma-YIM

  2. clause

    AKH ma-YAN oo-VOR mik-VEH-ma-YIM yih-YEH tah-HOR

  3. sentence

    AKH ma-YAN oo-VOR mik-VEH-ma-YIM yih-YEH tah-HOR veh-no-GEH-ah be-niv-la-TAM yit-MA

In contextLeviticus 11:36

however a spring or a cistern a gathering of water shall be clean and one who touches in their carcass shall be unclean

About this coordinate

Leviticus 11:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 11:36, so the Hebrew word מִקְוֵה־מַ֖יִם (mikvehmayim) 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 Lev.11.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.36.W4.S1) and character.