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Strong's #4325 - מַיִם

Transliteration

mayim

Phonetics

mah'-yim

Origin

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1188

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

water, waters
1. water
2. water of the feet, urine
3. of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1484 ‑ ἔθνος (eth'‑nos); 2250 ‑ ἡμέρα (hay‑mer'‑ah); 5204 ‑ ὕδωρ (); 5205 ‑ ὑετός (hoo‑et‑os'); 5202 ‑ ὑδροποτέω (hoo‑drop‑ot‑eh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (569)

Genesis 54

Exodus 43

Leviticus 43

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 9

Job 22

Psalms 53

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 53

Jeremiah 28

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 47

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 2

BSB (538)

Genesis 54

Exodus 44

Leviticus 43

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 24

Psalms 53

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 56

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 48

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 2

CSB (491)

Genesis 54

Exodus 44

Leviticus 42

Numbers 44

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 23

Psalms 53

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 53

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 48

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 2

ESV (634)

Genesis 54

Exodus 44

Leviticus 42

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 24

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 25

Psalms 52

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 64

Isaiah 57

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 48

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 2

KJV (577)

Genesis 53

Exodus 43

Leviticus 43

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 24

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 25

Psalms 53

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 56

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 46

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 2

LEB (570)

Genesis 53

Exodus 44

Leviticus 43

Numbers 44

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 12

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 18

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 26

Psalms 52

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 56

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 46

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 1

LSB (575)

Genesis 54

Exodus 45

Leviticus 43

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 24

Psalms 53

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 55

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 46

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 1

N95 (521)

Genesis 52

Exodus 45

Leviticus 43

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 24

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 55

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 46

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 4

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 1

NAS (573)

Genesis 52

Exodus 45

Leviticus 43

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 24

Psalms 53

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 55

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 46

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 4

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (578)

Genesis 55

Exodus 44

Leviticus 43

Numbers 45

Deuteronomy 22

Joshua 23

Judges 13

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 23

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 10

Job 23

Psalms 53

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 55

Jeremiah 29

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 48

Daniel 3

Hosea 3

Joel 2

Amos 5

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zechariah 2

ASV (569)

above the waters 1

after the water 1

along to the waters 1

also with water 1

also, and the waters 1

and all the waters 1

and are as water 1

and became as water 1

and caused waters 1

and give them water 1

and given us water 1

and he made the waters 1

and his waters 1

and its waters 1

and my water 2

and the water 4

and the waters 17

and there is no water 1

and there was no water 3

and they gave him water 1

and this water 1

and through water 1

and thy water 1

and water 7

and waters 2

and watersprings 1

and with water 4

and ye waters 1

and, behold, waters 1

any more by the waters 1

any water 1

as far as the waters 1

as in water 1

as the waters 2

as water 6

as waters 2

at all with water 1

at the waters 5

because the water 1

because the waters 1

because there is no water 1

before them the waters 1

behold, waters 1

beneath the waters 1

beneath, or that is in the water 2

beside all waters 1

beside the water 1

beside the waters 1

but if water 1

but the water 1

by the 1

by the waters 4

causeth the waters 1

did the waters 1

even the waters 1

even unto the water 1

for a water 1

for the water 1

for the waters 8

for these waters 1

for water 2

from the waters 2

from this water 1

give him water 1

ground where was no water 1

ground: and the waters 1

he caused the waters 1

he unto me, these waters 1

him also at the waters 1

him like waters 1

himself in water 13

how he made the water 1

i thee with water 1

if the waters 1

in the water 1

in the watering-troughs 1

in the waters 7

in water 14

into the water 1

into water 1

into watersprings 1

is upon her waters 1

is upon the waters 1

it as waters 1

it in the water 1

it in water 1

it into the water 1

it into the waters 1

it not in water 1

its water 1

its waters 1

land, and the waters 1

land: and the water 1

let not the waterflood 1

let the waters 2

like water 6

me at the waters 1

me like water 1

me water 1

nbsp 1

neither is there any water 1

no water 5

of all that are in the waters 2

of the water 6

of the waters 12

of thy water 2

of water 46

of waters 16

oh that one would give me water 2

our water 1

out of the waters 1

out the waters 1

over as water 1

over the waters 2

parts like water 1

place of the water 1

shall waters 1

snow water 1

so that waters 1

so the waters 1

than all the waters 1

that are in the waters 1

that had the waters 1

that hath no water 1

that is in the water 1

that on which water 1

that the water 1

that the waters 8

the water 19

the waters 48

thee at the waters 1

thee water 1

their water 1

their waters 1

them out into the water 1

them water 3

them with water 3

themselves in water 1

then will i make their waters 1

there by the waters 1

there for water 1

there was no water 1

there was no water in it 1

these are the waters 1

these waters 1

thou hast not given water 1

though the waters 1

thy water 1

to the water 1

to the waters 2

to them water 1

until the waters 1

until water 1

unto the place over against the water 1

unto the water 3

unto the waters 1

unto thee; for the water 1

unto them, because the waters 1

up water 1

upon the water 1

upon the waters 1

upon them like water 1

upon them the waters 1

us water 1

water 64

water into it 1

water is 1

water therein 2

waters 55

were waters 1

where was no water 1

wherein is a gathering of water 1

wherein is no water 1

wherewith the waters 1

whose waters 2

with him, against them by the waters 1

with the water 1

with water 13

with waters 2

ye to the waters 1

you forth water 1

BSB (538)

- 2

a flood 1

and 2

and be like water 1

and his water 1

and it 2

and its waters 1

and its waves 1

and made water 1

and storm 1

and the water 1

and the waters 5

and the waters there 1

and the watery 1

and water 23

and waterless land 1

and you waters 1

as the waters 2

as water 3

at the waters 4

brought the waters 1

but the water 1

by the water 1

by the waters 2

causes the water 1

even to go for water 1

finally, the waters 1

flood 2

floodwaters 1

for preparing the water 1

for the waters 1

for water 5

from the line 1

from the waters 1

give him water 1

he made the waters 1

he made water 1

her waters 1

him like a flood 1

i will let her waters 1

if the waters 1

in the water 6

in the watering 1

in the waters 2

in water 3

into raging waters 1

it 1

it in the water 1

it in water 1

it only as waters 1

its water 2

let the waters 2

like a river 1

like water 14

must be rinsed with water 1

must we bring you water 1

of fresh water 1

of tears 2

of the sea 1

of the spring 1

of the water 3

of the waters 6

of water 36

of water as well 1

of waters 2

on the waters above 1

or in the waters 2

or water 1

pool 1

regarding the waters 1

rise 1

seas 1

so that the waters 2

so the water 1

so the waters 2

some water 1

streams 1

that the waters 1

the floods 1

the floodwaters 1

the rain 1

the river 1

the sea 1

the water 36

the water is ours 1

the water supply 1

the water there 1

the water''s 1

the waters 75

the waters{upright 1

their water 1

their waters 1

them water 1

them with water 3

then the water 1

they 1

though their waters 1

through the water 1

through the waters 1

to the water 2

to the waters 3

water 115

water in it 1

waterpots 1

waters 42

were a spring of water 1

were the waters 2

when the water 1

when the waters 1

whose waters 2

will the waters 1

with tears 1

with the water 2

with water 36

with water from that pot 1

you with water 1

your water 4

CSB (491)

a flood 1

as waters 1

causes water 1

flood 2

floodwaters 1

into churning waters 1

it 4

its water 1

like a flood 1

like water 10

of tears 2

of the water 2

of the waters 2

of water 19

pool 1

seas 1

storm 1

that the waters 1

the rain 1

the river 2

the sea 1

the water 75

the watercourses 2

the waters 72

the waters above 1

their water 1

through the waters 1

washing 1

water 242

watered 1

waters 31

watery 1

whose waters 1

with tears 1

with water 4

with weeping 1

ESV (634)

days 1

flood 5

flowing 1

it 3

pool 1

rain 1

right hand 1

sea 1

seas 1

tears 3

water 351

water is 1

watering 1

waterless 1

waters 262

KJV (577)

* 6

into 1

washing 1

water 304

water.) 1

watercourse 1

watering 1

waters 261

waters from the waters 1

LEB (570)

⌊the waters 1

⌊upstream⌋ 1

⌊waters 1

abundant water 1

and i will give them water of 1

and it was ⌊knee deep⌋ 1

and its waters 1

and let the waters 1

and the water 3

and the water of 1

and the waters 14

and the waters in the sea will be healed 1

and their water 1

and through water 1

and water 12

and water.) 1

and waters 3

and we are as the waters 1

and when the water 1

and with water 1

and you make water 1

and your water 1

are in the water 2

as the waters 2

as water 3

at the waters 1

at the waters of 3

but the water 1

but waters 1

come to the waters 1

even in the water 1

for the waters of 3

for them water 1

for water 4

for waters of 1

her waters 1

him drink water 1

him like the water 1

him water 1

himself with water 10

his waters 1

i will make their waters 1

in ⌊waters of⌋ 1

in the mighty waters 1

in the water 7

in the water and ⌊concerning⌋ 1

in the waters 2

in the waters of 1

in water 2

in waters of 1

is in the water 4

is like the waters of 1

it in the water 1

it in water 1

it into the water 1

it like water 1

it out like water 1

it was ⌊ankle deep⌋ 1

its waters 1

keeps its water 1

let the waters 2

like the water 1

like the waters 1

like water 11

like waters 1

me like water 1

me over into the waters 1

me over into the waters and it was & 1

me through on into the water 1

my water 2

pool 1

s 2

seas⌋ 1

soap 1

that water 1

that waters 1

that were in the water 1

the sea 1

the surface of the water 1

the surface of the waters 2

the water 35

the water is ours 1

the water of 4

the water of the ⌊red sea⌋ 1

the waters 34

the waters of 43

the waters of 1

the waters⌋ 1

the watery 1

them water 3

them waters of 1

them with the water 1

them with water 2

themselves with water 1

then the waters 1

there was water 2

these are the waters of meribah 1

though its waters 1

through the waters 2

to the water 2

to the waters of 1

to watery 1

us water 1

water 159

water flow 1

water for 1

water for her 1

water from 1

water in it) 1

water into it 1

water of 2

water to boil 1

water to drink 1

water to flow down 1

water to go out 1

water⌋ 1

water⌋ 3

water, and let us go 1

waters 60

waters flood over me 1

waters of 1

waters to stand 1

waters⌋ 2

were the waters of 1

whether the waters 1

who 1

whose waters 2

will be wet with urine⌋ 1

will flow with water 1

will go like water 1

with 1

with tears⌋ 1

with water 18

with water⌋ 1

with waters 1

you with water 1

your water 3

LSB (575)

loins 1

pool 1

water 380

watering 1

waters 192

N95 (521)

flood 1

loins 1

pool 1

water 358

watering 1

waters 159

NAS (573)

flood 1

pool 1

water 376

watering 1

waters 194

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (578)

* 1

a dam 1

above the waters 1

along to the waters 1

and all the waters 1

and are as water 1

and became like water 1

and caused waters 1

and give them water 1

and given us water 1

and his waters 1

and its waters 1

and my water 2

and the water 2

and the waters 7

and there is no water 1

and they gave him water 1

and this water 1

and through water 1

and water 9

and waters 1

and with water 4

and your water 1

any more by the waters 1

any water 1

as far as the waters 1

as the waters 3

as water 6

at all with water 1

at the waters 5

because its waters 1

because the water 1

because there is no water 1

before them the waters 1

beside all waters 1

beside the water 1

beside the waters 1

boiling over as water 1

but if water 1

but the water 1

but there was no water 1

by the 1

by the waters 4

causes the waters 1

even the waters 1

even to the water 1

for a water 1

for the water 2

for the waters 8

for these waters 1

for this is like the waters 1

for water 4

for waters 1

from the waters 3

from this water 1

give him water 1

ground where there was no water 1

he caused the waters 1

he made the waters 1

him also at the waters 1

him like waters 1

him out of the water 1

himself in water 13

his waters 1

how he made the water 1

i you with water 1

if the waters 1

in the 1

in the water 1

in the waters 7

in water 14

in which is no water 1

into the water 1

into water 1

into water springs 1

is on her waters 1

is on the waters 1

it as waters 1

it in the water 1

it in water 2

it into the water 1

it into the waters 1

its water 1

its waters 1

let the waters 2

let them vanish as water 1

like rivers 1

like water 6

like waters 1

me at the waters 1

me like water 1

me water 1

neither is there any water 1

nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water 1

no water 5

of a water 1

of all that are in the waters 2

of tears 1

of the water 6

of the waters 11

of water 45

of waters 15

of your water 1

oh that one would give me water 2

on the water 1

on the waters 1

on them like water 1

our water 1

out of the waters 1

out the waters 1

over the waters 2

parts like water 1

place of the water 1

snow 1

so that waters 1

so the waters 1

than all the waters 1

that are in the waters 1

that has no water 1

that is in the water 1

that on which water 1

that the water 1

that the waters 8

the water 21

the waters 60

their water 1

their waters 1

them out into the water 1

them water 3

them with water 3

themselves in water 1

then will i make their waters 1

there by the waters 1

there was no water 3

there was no water in it 1

these are the waters 1

these waters 1

those beneath the waters 1

though its waters 1

to the place over against the water 1

to the water 5

to the waters 4

to them water 1

until the waters 1

until water 1

up water 1

up waters 1

us water 1

water 66

water in it 1

water into it 1

water springs 1

water therein 1

waters 52

were waters 1

where there was no water 1

who had the waters 1

whose waters 2

with the water 1

with water 14

with waters 2

with which the waters 1

you at the waters 1

you water 1

you waters 1

your water 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1281) e m (מה MH) AC: ? CO: Sea AB: ?: The pictograph m is a picture of water. The sea (Mediterranean) is a place of the unknown (what is beyond or what is below) . It is feared by the Ancient Hebrews because of its size, storms and fierceness. A hundred as an unknowable amount. This parent root is related to fm, imand me.

A) e m (מה MH) AC: ? CO: Sea AB: ?: The sea as the place of the Unknown or anything that is an Unknown or in question.

N^m) e m (מה MH) - I. What:Something that is unknown, can also be why, when or how. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Water:From the sea. [This word always appears in the plural form, mim, when used for water] [df: Nys] KJV (625): what, how, why, whereby, wherein, how, water, piss, waterspring - Strongs: H3964 (מָא), H4100 (מֶה), H4101 (מָה), H4325 (מַיִם), H7890 (שַׁיִן)

B) e e m (מהה MHH) AC: ? CO: Linger AB: ?: A questioning of forward motion.

N^m) e e m (מהה MHH) - Linger: KJV (9): linger, tarry, delay, stay - Strongs: H4102 (מָהַהּ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. [מוֺ] = מַי water.

[מַי]₅₈₀ noun masculine^{2 Samuel 14:14} only plural מַ֫יִם waters, water (Late Hebrew id.; MI²³ [ין]מ; SI⁵ המים; Aramaic מַיָּא, מַיִּין, Assyrian mû, plural mê, also mâmu Dl^{HWB 394}; Arabic Ethiopic , plural ; Sabean [מו], מום plural מון, Minaean [מה], plural מהן DHM^{6th Or. Congr. (Leiden) ii. 1,451f.} (see on these forms Ba^{ZMG xiii.1888,341ff.})); — מַ֫יִם (מָ֑יִם) Genesis 1:2 +; הַמַּ֫יְמָה Exodus 7:15; Exodus 8:16; construct מֵי Genesis 7:7 71t.; מֵימֵי Exodus 4:9 10t. + Qr 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12; suffix מֵימַי Hosea 2:7 + 1 Samuel 25:11 (but read here יֵינִיᵐ5 Ew Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu); מֵימֶ֫יךָ Exodus 23:25 3t.; מֵימָיו Numbers 20:8 6t.; מֵימֶיהָ Jeremiah 6:7; Jeremiah 50:38; מֵימֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4; מֵימֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19 4t.; — waters, water (c. adjective plural Genesis 26:19; Exodus 15:10; Leviticus 14:5,6,50 + often, so always with adjective; also with plural participle Numbers 5:18,19,24; 2 Kings 3:20 +; with plural pronoun Numbers 20:13; Numbers 27:14; 2 Kings 2:21 +; compare suffix Joshua 4:18; before plural verb Genesis 1:9,20,21; Genesis 7:17 + often; after plural verb Joshua 3:13; Isaiah 28:17; Proverbs 9:17; Ezekiel 31:4 +; rarely with singular verb; before, Genesis 9:15; Leviticus 11:34; Numbers 20:2; Numbers 24:7; Numbers 33:14; 2 Kings 3:9; after, Numbers 19:13,20); —

1. a. water of a spring or well (עַיִן, בְּאֵר) Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:11,13 (twice in verse); Genesis 24:43; Exodus 15:27 (twice in verse) (J), Genesis 21:19,25; Numbers 20:17; Numbers 21:16 (E), etc.; for drinking, also Amos 4:8; Amos 8:11; Jonah 3:7 + often; out of rock Exodus 17:6 (E), Numbers 20:8 (twice in verse); Numbers 20:10,11 (P), Deuteronomy 8:15 etc.; מֵי מְרִיבָה (RS^{Semitic i. 165; 2nd ed. 181}) Numbers 20:13,24; Numbers 27:14 (P), Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalm 81:8; Psalm 106:32; compare Deuteronomy 32:51; Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28; for washing (hands, feet, person) Genesis 18:4; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24 (J), 2 Kings 3:11; Exodus 29:4; Exodus 30:20; Leviticus 15:5,6 + (P); (victims) Leviticus 1:9,13; Leviticus 8:21 (P); (vessels) Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 12:32; Leviticus 12:34 (P); (garments) Leviticus 15:17; Numbers 19:8 (P); for cooking Exodus 12:9 (P), compare Isaiah 64:1; Ezekiel 24:3 (symbolic); for purification Numbers 8:7 (מֵי חַטָּאת) Numbers 19:9 (מֵי נִדָּה), compare Numbers 19:13; Numbers 19:18; Numbers 19:20; Numbers 19:21; Numbers 19:31; Numbers 31:23 (twice in verse) (all P), Ezekiel 36:25 (figurative).

b. of a river, Nile Exodus 2:10; Exodus 4:9 (twice in verse) (J), Jeremiah 2:18 etc.; Jordan Joshua 3:8 (D), Joshua 3:15; Joshua 3:16 (JE), etc.; Euphrates Isaiah 8:7 (figurative), Jeremiah 2:18; Ezekiel's river Ezekiel 47:1 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:2 +, etc.; of streams, canals, etc., especially, as condition of fertility Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 10:7; Isaiah 1:30; Proverbs 30:16; 2 Kings 3:17 +, etc.

c. of sea Amos 5:8; Amos 9:6; Red Sea Exodus 15:8,10,19 (song), Exodus 14:21,22,26 + (P), Joshua 2:10 (D), etc.

d. of flood Genesis 7:7,10; Genesis 8:3,7,8,9,11 (J), Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:6,17,18 (twice in verse); Genesis 7:19; Genesis 8:5; Genesis 9:11,15 (P); so מֵינֹֿחַ Isaiah 54:9 (twice in verse) waters of Noah.

e. subterranean Exodus 20:4 (E), Deuteronomy 4:18; Deuteronomy 5:8, compare Job 26:5; Psalm 136:6.

f. in clouds Jeremiah 10:13; Job 26:8; Psalm 29:3 (twice in verse); Psalm 104:3; Psalm 148:4, etc.

g. of rain Judges 5:4; 2 Samuel 21:10; Deuteronomy 11:11; Psalm 65:10; Job 5:10 ("" מָטָר), etc.

h. of dew Judges 6:38.

i. primÊval deep Genesis 1:2,6 (P).

2 with proper names, of location (q. v.), to denote springs, streams, or seas belonging to, near, such places: מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:2; מֵי מְרִיבָה (see above 1 a); מֵי מֵרוֺם Joshua 11:5,7; מֵי עֵיןשֶֿׁמֶשׁ Joshua 15:7; מֵי נֶפְתּוֺחַ Joshua 15:9; Joshua 18:15; מֵי יְרִיחוֺ Joshua 16:1; מֵי מְגִּדּוֺ Judges 5:19; מֵי נִמְרִ(י)ם Isaiah 15:6; Jeremiah 48:34; מֵי דִימוֺן Isaiah 15:9; compare מֵי הַשִּׁלֹּחַ Isaiah 8:6; מֵימֵי גִּיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן 2 Chronicles 32:30; compare also proper name, of a location מִשְׂרְפוֺת מַיִם Joshua 11:8; Joshua 13:6.

3 special uses are:מֵי רַגְלַיִם water of the feet = urine 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12; compare מַדְמֵנָה בְּמֵי Isaiah 25:10 Kt in water of a dunghill (> Qr בְּמוֺ); מַיִם לַחַץ water (which is) distress, because drunk in imprisonment 1 Kings 22:27 ("" לֶחֶם לַחַץ) = 2 Chronicles 18:26; בְּמֵישָֿׁ֑לֶג in snow-water Job 9:30 Qr (Kt במו; Me Hoffm Siegf כְּמוֺ), מֵימֵי שֶׁלֶג Job 24:19; מַיִם קְדשִׁים Numbers 5:17 holy water (compare RS^{Sem.165,2nd ed.181}, but text dubious, see Di); מֵי הַמָּרִים bitter water Numbers 5:18,19,23,24; compare Exodus 15:23 (כִּי מָרִים הֵם), opposed to וַיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמַּיִם Exodus 15:25 and the waters were sweetened; מֵי חַטָּאת, מֵי נִדָּה see above 1 a; מַיִם חַיִּים living (i.e. running) water Leviticus 14:5,6,50,51,52; Numbers 19:17, also (figurative) Zechariah 14:8 (compare Ezekiel 47), and (figurative) Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13. See also below (compare Numbers 21:17,18; see RS^{Sem.i 127:157; 2nd ed.135,176}).

4 among figurative uses are:

a. of distress Isaiah 43:2; Psalm 66:12 ("" אֵשׁ), Psalm 69:2; Lamentations 3:54; usually many waters 2 Samuel 22:17 = Psalm 18:17, compare Job 22:11; Psalm 32:6; Psalm 144:7, or deep waters Psalm 69:3; Psalm 69:15, compare Psalm 69:16; also מֵירֿאֹשׁ water of gall Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 23:15.

b.מֶּרֶץ מַיִם 2 Samuel 5:20 = 1 Chronicles 14:11 of outbursting force.

c. מַיִם שְׁאוֺן Isaiah 17:12,13of rushing nations.

d. of what is impetuous, violent, overwhelming Isaiah 28:2,17; Hosea 10:7; Job 27:20; Psalm 124:4; Psalm 124:5; Psalm 88:18; simileof impetuousness מַּחַז כַּמַּיִ ם Genesis 49:4.

e. (as running away) of heart in timidity Joshua 7:5, compare Psalm 22:16, of knees Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12.

f. of transitoriness Job 11:16; Job 24:18; Psalm 58:8.

g. of refreshment Isaiah 32:2; Isaiah 49:10; spiritual Isaiah 12:3.

h.מֵי מְנֻחוֺת Psalm 23:2 in figure of rest and peace, compare Jeremiah 31:9.

i. of reckless bloodshed (poured out like water) Psalm 79:3; compare pouring away (and not eating) blood Deuteronomy 12:16,24; Deuteronomy 15:23.

j. בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים Song of Solomon 4:15 figurative of bride; מַיִם מִבּוֺרֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 5:15 of enjoyment of one's own wife; of harlotry מַיִם גְּנוּבִים Proverbs 9:17 stolen waters.

k. of outpoured wrath of׳י Hosea 5:10.

1 of abundant justice Amos 5:24 masculine of outpoured feelings Job 3:24; שִׁפְכִי כַמַּיִם לִבֵךְ Lamentations 2:19. — Isaiah 48:1 read probably מִמְּעֵי for ᵑ0מִמֵּי, so Secker Du Che^{Hpt Skinner}, compare Di.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַיִם water, see מַי.

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List of Word Forms

בְּמֵ֣י בְּמֵ֥י בְּמֵֽי־ בְּמַ֖יִם בְּמַ֣יִם בְּמַ֤יִם בְּמַ֥יִם בַּמַּ֔יִם בַּמַּ֖֣יִם ׀ בַּמַּ֖יִם בַּמַּ֗יִם בַּמַּ֙יִם֙ בַּמַּ֛יִם בַּמַּ֣יִם בַּמַּ֧יִם בַּמַּיִם֒ בַּמַּיִם֮ בַּמָּ֑יִם בַּמָּֽיִם׃ בַמַּ֔יִם בַמַּ֖יִם בַמַּ֗יִם בַמַּ֙יִם֙ בַמָּֽיִם׃ בְּמֹ֥ו במו במי במי־ במים במים׃ הַ֝מַּ֗יִם הַ֫מָּ֥יִם הַמַּ֔יְמָה הַמַּ֔יִם הַמַּ֖יִם הַמַּ֗יִם הַמַּ֙יִם֙ הַמַּ֛יִם הַמַּ֜יִם הַמַּ֣יִם הַמַּ֤יִם הַמַּ֥יִם הַמַּ֨יִם הַמַּיִם֩ הַמָּ֑יְמָה הַמָּ֑יִם הַמָּֽיִם׃ המים המים׃ המימה וְ֝הַמַּ֗יִם וְהַמַּ֗יִם וְהַמַּ֣יִם וְהַמַּ֤יִם וְהַמַּ֥יִם וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ וָמַ֜יִם וָמָ֑יִם וָמָֽיִם׃ וּ֝מַ֗יִם וּ֭מַיִם וּבְמַ֤יִם וּבְמַ֥יִם וּבַמַּ֑יִם וּבַמַּ֔יִם וּבַמַּ֖יִם וּבַמָּ֑יִם וּמִמֵּ֥י וּמֵ֣י וּמֵ֥י וּמֵֽימֵיהֶ֖ם וּמֵימֶ֕יךָ וּמֵימַ֔י וּמַ֕יִם וּמַ֖יִם וּמַ֗יִם וּמַ֙יִם֙ וּמַ֛יִם וּמַ֣יִם וּמַ֥יִם ובמים והמים וכמים ומי ומים ומים׃ ומימי ומימיהם ומימיך וממי כְּמַ֖יִם כְּמַ֣יִם כַ֝מַּ֗יִם כַ֭מַּיִם כַּ֭מַּיִם כַּמַּ֖יִם כַּמַּ֗יִם כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ כַּמַּ֥יִם כַּמָּֽיִם׃ כַמַּ֙יִם֙ כַמַּ֣יִם כמים כמים׃ לְמֵ֖י לְמֵ֥י לְמֵֽי־ לְמֵימֵ֣י לְמָֽיִם׃ לַמַּ֔יִם לַמַּ֣יִם לַמָּ֑יִם לָמָֽיִם׃ למי למי־ למים למים׃ למימי מִי מִמֵּ֛י מִמֵּ֣י מִמֵּימֵ֖י מִמֵּימֵ֣י מִמַּ֣יִם מִמַּ֥יִם מֵ֖י מֵ֚י מֵ֣י מֵ֤י מֵ֥י מֵ֧י מֵ֨י מֵֽי־ מֵֽימֵי־ מֵֽימֵיהֶ֔ם מֵי֙ מֵי־ מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ מֵימֵ֣י מֵימֵ֤י מֵימֵ֨י מֵימֵיהֶ֖ם מֵימֵיהֶ֣ם מֵימֶ֑יךָ מֵימֶ֔יהָ מֵימֶ֖יהָ מֵימֶ֤יךָ מֵימֶֽיךָ׃ מֵימַ֔י מֵימָ֑יו מֵימָ֔יו מֵימָ֖יו מֵימָֽיו׃ מַ֑יִם מַ֔יִם מַ֖יִם מַ֗יִם מַ֙יִם֙ מַ֚יִם מַ֛יִם מַ֜יִם מַ֝֗יִם מַ֝יִם מַ֣יִם מַ֤יִם מַ֥יִם מַ֧יִם מַ֨יִם מַ֨יִם ׀ מַ֭יִם מַּ֑יִם מַּ֔יִם מַּ֣יִם מַּ֨יִם ׀ מַֽיִם־ מַיִם֒ מַיִם֮ מָ֑יִם מָ֔יִם מָ֥יִם מָּ֑יִם מָּֽיִם׃ מָֽיִם׃ מי מי־ מים מים־ מים׃ מימי מימי־ מימיה מימיהם מימיו מימיו׃ מימיך מימיך׃ מימינו ממי ממים ממימי שָׁ֑לֶג שלג bam·ma·yim bam·mā·yim ḇam·ma·yim ḇam·mā·yim bammayim bammāyim ḇammayim ḇammāyim bə·ma·yim bə·mê bə·mê- bə·mōw beMayim bəmayim bəmê bəmê- beMei beMo bəmōw chamMayim ham·mā·yə·māh ham·ma·yim ham·mā·yim ham·may·māh hamMayemah hammāyəmāh hammayim hammāyim hamMaymah hammaymāh kam·ma·yim kam·mā·yim ḵam·ma·yim kammayim kammāyim ḵammayim kə·ma·yim keMayim kəmayim lā·mā·yim lam·ma·yim lam·mā·yim laMayim lāmāyim lammayim lammāyim lə·mā·yim lə·mê lə·mê- lə·mê·mê leMayim ləmāyim ləmê ləmê- leMei lemeiMei ləmêmê ma·yim mā·yim ma·yim- mayim māyim mayim- mê mê- mê·māw mê·may mê·mê mê·mê- mê·me·hā mê·mê·hem mê·me·ḵā mê·mê·nū mei meiMai meiMav meiMei meiMeicha meiMeiha meimeiHem meiMeinu mêmāw mêmay mêmê mêmê- mêmehā mêmêhem mêmeḵā mêmênū mi mî mim·ma·yim mim·mê mim·mê·mê miMayim miMei mimeiMei mimmayim mimmê mimmêmê šā·leḡ šāleḡ Shaleg ū·ḇam·ma·yim ū·ḇam·mā·yim ū·ḇə·ma·yim ū·ma·yim ū·mê ū·mê·may ū·mê·mê·hem ū·mê·me·ḵā ū·mim·mê ūḇammayim ūḇammāyim ūḇəmayim uMayim ūmayim ūmê uMei umeiMai umeiMeicha umeimeiHem ūmêmay ūmêmêhem ūmêmeḵā umiMei ūmimmê uvamMayim uveMayim vaMayim vamMayim vechamMayim vehamMayim wā·ma·yim wā·mā·yim wāmayim wāmāyim wə·ham·ma·yim wə·ḵam·ma·yim wəhammayim wəḵammayim