מַי

water

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H4325 Strong's Hebrew

mayim Transliteration

/mah'-yim/ Pronunciation

Usage in the Hebrew Bible 582 appearances

Definition — BDB

water, waters - water - water of the feet, urine - of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (figuratively)

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Strong's H4325 — מים (mayim), "water". Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB, 1906). Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/w/H4325.

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Noun: A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.

Common: A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.

Absolute: The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Construct: A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).

Masculine: Grammatically masculine.

Plural: More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Singular: One.

Every verse where H4325 appears in the Book of Leviticus — 40 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.

At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.

מים (mayim) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “water.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. With 525 verses in 33 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:2. It clusters with מידבא, מי הירקון and מי זהב under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890

piss

Modern gloss

water

About this word

Strong's H4325 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

525: distinct verses; The word appears in 525 distinct verses.
33 / 39: OT books; The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 1:2: first appearance; The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 1:2.
Zechariah 14:8: last appearance; The latest occurrence is in Zechariah 14:8.
#85: by frequency; Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 85 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 525 occurrences in the concordance →

Most concentrated in

Isaiah 53 verses 10%
Psalms 49 verses 9%
Genesis 46 verses 9%

By section of the Old Testament

Pentateuch 180 · 34%
Historical 104 · 20%
Wisdom 93 · 18%
Prophets 148 · 28%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 525 distinct verses.

Prophets (Nevi'im) 226 verses · 43%
Torah (Pentateuch) 180 verses · 34%
Writings (Ketuvim) 119 verses · 23%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

King James Version: Water 252×, Waters 224×, Himself in water 12×
American Standard Version: Water 224×, Waters 204×, Himself in water 13×
Berean Standard Bible: Water 292×, Waters 162×, Like water 14×
unfoldingWord Literal Text: Water 286×, Waters 175×, Waters of 51×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H4325 across 578 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Water” 252×
“Waters” 224×
“Himself in water” 12×
“Like water” 8×
“Was no water” 7×
“All that are in the waters” 2×
“Any water” 2×
“Behold waters” 2×
“Is in the waters” 2×
“Is there any water” 2×
“Let the waters” 2×
“Own piss” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 59 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H4325 across 575 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Water” 224×
“Waters” 204×
“Himself in water” 13×
“Like water” 8×
“Was no water” 5×
“All that are in the waters” 2×
“Beneath” 2×
“Great waters” 2×
“Him” 2×
“Is no water” 2×
“Land” 2×
“Let the waters” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 97 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H4325 across 532 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Water” 292×
“Waters” 162×
“Like water” 14×
“Flood” 3×
“Tears” 3×
“Floodwaters” 2×
“Let the waters” 2×
“Or in the waters” 2×
“Sea” 2×
“Were the waters” 2×

Plus 48 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 43 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H4325 across 606 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Water” 286×
“Waters” 175×
“Waters of” 51×
“Water of” 15×
“Like water” 14×
“The” 11×
“And” 9×
“Is in the water” 5×
“Like waters” 5×
“Of” 3×
“Floodwaters” 2×
“From” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

25 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol	Meaning
𝔊	the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙	the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖	the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗	the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ	the Psalms
√	root (the underlying root or stem)
‖	parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
†	the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 25 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

1.
- a. water, of a spring or well (עַיִן, בְּאֵר) Gn 16:7; 24:11, 13(×2), 43 Ex 15:27(×2) (J), Gn 21:19, 25 Nu 20:17; 21:16 (E), etc.; for drinking, also Am 4:8; 8:11 Jon 3:7 + often; out of rock Ex 17:6 (E), Nu 20:8(×2), 10, 11 (P), Dt 8:15 etc.; מֵי מְרִיבָה (RSSem. i. 165. 2nd ed. 181) Nu 20:13, 24; 27:14 (P), Dt 33:8 ψ 81:8 106:32; cf. Dt 32:51 Ez 47:19; 48:28; for washing (hands, feet, person) Gn 18:4; 24:32; 43:24 (J), 2 K 3:11, Ex 29:4; 30:20 Lv 15:5, 6 + (P); (victims) Lv 1:9, 13; 8:21 (P); (vessels) Lv 6:21; 11:32, 34 (P); (garments) Lv 15:17 Nu 19:8 (P); for cooking Ex 12:9 (P), cf. Is 64:1 Ez 24:3 (symbol.); for purification Nu 8:7 (מֵי חַטָּאת), 19:9 (מֵי נִדָּה), cf. v 13, 18, 20, 21, 20:13; 31:23(×2) (all P), Ez 36:25 (fig.). e.g. Genesis 16:7
- b. of a river, Nile Ex 2:10; 4:9(×2) (J), Je 2:18 etc.; Jordan Jos 3:8 (D), v 15, 16 (JE), etc.; Euphrates Is 8:7 (fig.), Je 2:18; Ezek.’s river Ez 47:1(×2), 2 +, etc.; of streams, canals, etc., especially as condition of fertility Dt 8:7; 10:7 Is 1:30 Pr 30:16 2 K 3:17 +, etc. e.g. Exodus 2:10
- c. of sea Am 5:8; 9:6; Red Sea Ex 15:8, 10, 19 (song), 14:21, 22, 26 + (P), Jos 2:10 (D), etc. e.g. Amos 5:8
- d. of flood Gn 7:7, 10; 8:3, 7, 8, 9, 11 (J), 6:17; 7:6, 17, 18(×2) 19; 8:5; 9:11, 15 (P); so מֵי־נֹחַ Is 54:9(×2) waters of Noah. e.g. Genesis 7:7
- e. subterranean Ex 20:4 (E), Dt 4:18; 5:8, cf. Jb 26:5 ψ 136:6. e.g. Exodus 20:4
- f. in clouds Je 10:13 Jb 26:8 ψ 29:3(×2) 104:3; 148:4, etc. e.g. Jeremiah 10:13
- g. of rain Ju 5:4 2 S 21:10 Dt 11:11 ψ 65:10 Jb 5:10 (‖ מָטָר), etc. e.g. Judges 5:4
- h. of dew Ju 6:38. e.g. Judges 6:38
- i. primæval deep Gn 1:2, 6 (P). e.g. Genesis 1:2
2. c. nomm. pr. loc. (q.v.), to denote springs, streams, or seas belonging to, near, such places: מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם Ex 7:19; 8:2; מֵי מְרִיבָה (v. supr. 1 a); מֵי מֵרוֹם Jos 11:5, 7; מֵי עֵין־שֶׁמֶשׁ Jos 15:7; מֵי נֶפְתּוֹחַ 15:9; 18:15; מֵי יְרִיחוֹ 16:1; מֵי מְגִּדּוֹ Ju 5:19; מֵי נִמְרִ(יִ)ם Is 15:6 Je 48:34; מֵי דִימוֹן Is 15:9; cf. מֵי הַשִּׁלֹּחַ Is 8:6; מֵימֵי גִּיחוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן 2 Ch 32:30; cf. also n. pr. loc. מִשְׂרְפוֹת מַיִם Jos 11:8; 13:6. e.g. Exodus 7:19
3. special uses are: מֵי רַגְלַיִם water of the feet = urine 2 K 18:27 = Is 36:12; cf. בְּמֵי מַדְמֵנָה Is 25:10 Kt in water of a dunghill (> Qr בְּמוֹ); מַיִם לַחַץ water (which is) distress, because drunk in imprisonment 1 K 22:27 (‖ לֶחֶם לַחַץ) = 2 Ch 18:26; בְּמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג in snow-water Jb 9:30 Qr (Kt במו; Me Hoffm Siegfr כְּמוֹ), מֵימֵי שֶׁלֶג 24:19; מַיִם קְדשִׁים †Nu 5:17 holy water (cf. RSSem. 165, 2nd ed. 181, but text dubious, v. Di); מֵי הַמָּרִים bitter water †Nu 5:18, 19, 23, 24; cf. Ex 15:23 (בִּי מָרִים הֵם), opp. וַיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמַּיִם v 25 and the waters were sweetened; מֵי חַטָּאת, מֵי נִדָּה v. supr. 1 a; מַיִם חַיִּים living (i.e. running) water Lv 14:5, 6, 50, 51, 52 Nu 19:17, also (fig.) Zc 14:8 (cf. Ez 47), and (fig.) Je 2:13; 17:13. See also infr. (cf. Nu 21:17, 18; v. RSSem. i. 127, 157; 2nd ed. 135, 176). e.g. 2 Kings 18:27
4. among fig. uses are:
- a. of danger or distress Is 43:2 ψ 66:12; 69:2 La 3:54; usually many waters 2 S 22:17 = ψ 18:17, cf. Jb 22:11 ψ 32:6; 144:7, or deep waters ψ 69:3, 15, cf. v 16; also מֵי־רֹאשׁ water of gall Je 8:14; 9:14; 23:15. e.g. Isaiah 43:2
- b. פֶּרֶץ מַיִם 2 S 5:20 = 1 Ch 14:11 of outbursting force. e.g. 2 Samuel 5:20
- c. שְׁאוֹן מַיִם Is 17:12, 13 or rushing nations. e.g. Isaiah 17:12
- d. of what is impetuous, violent, overwhelming Is 28:2, 17 Ho 10:7 Jb 27:20 ψ 124:4, 5; 88:18; sim. of impetuousness פַּחַז כַּמַּיִם Gn 49:4. e.g. Isaiah 28:2
- e. (as running away) of heart in timidity Jos 7:5, cf. ψ 22:15, of knees Ez 7:17; 21:12. e.g. Joshua 7:5
- f. of transitoriness Jb 11:16; 24:18 ψ 58:8. e.g. Job 11:16
- g. of refreshment Is 32:2; 49:10; spiritual 12:3. e.g. Isaiah 32:2
- h. מֵי מְנֻחוֹת ψ 23:2 in fig. of rest and peace, cf. Je 31:9. e.g. Psalms 23:2
- i. of reckless bloodshed (poured out like water) ψ 79:3; cf. pouring away (and not eating) blood Dt 12:16, 24; 15:23. e.g. Psalms 79:3
- j. בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים Ct 4:15 fig. of bride; מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ Pr 5:15 of enjoyment of one’s own wife; of harlotry מַיִם גְּנוּבִים Pr 9:17 stolen waters. e.g. Song of Solomon 4:15
- k. of outpoured wrath of י׳ Ho 5:10. e.g. Hosea 5:10
- l. of abundant justice Am 5:24. e.g. Amos 5:24
- m. of outpoured feelings Jb 3:24; שִׁפְכִי כַמַּיִם לִבֵּךְ La 2:19.—Is 48:1 read prob. מִמְּעֵי for MT מִמֵּי, so Secker Du CheHpt Skinner, cf. Di. e.g. Job 3:24

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.

Word origin

n.m. 2 S 14:14 only pl. מַ֫יִם waters, water (NH id.; MI 23 [ין]מ; SI 5 המים; Aramaic מַיָּא, מַיִּין, ܡܰܝܴ̈ܐ; Assyrian mû, pl. mê, also mâmu DlHWB 394; Arabic مَآءٌ; Ethiopic ማይ, pl. ማያት; Sab. [מו], מום, pl. מון, Min. [מה], pl. מהן DHM6th Or. Congr. (Leiden) ii. 1, 451 f. (v. on these forms BaZMG xiii, 1888, 341 ff.));—מַ֫יִם (מָ֑יִם) Gn 1:2 +; הַמַּ֫יְמָה Ex 7:15; 8:16; cstr. מֵי Gn 7:7 + 71 times; מֵימֵי Ex 4:9 + 10 times + Qr 2 K 18:27 = Is 36:12; sf. מֵימַי Ho 2:7 + 1 S 25:11 (but read here יֵינִי 𝔊 Ew Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu); מֵימֶ֫יךָ Ex 23:25 + 3 times; מֵימָיו Nu 20:8 + 6 times; מֵימֶיהָ Je 6:7; 50:38; מֵימֵינוּ La 5:4; מֵימֵיהֶם Ex 7:19 + 4 times;—waters, water (c. adj. pl. Gn 26:19 Ex 15:10 Lv 14:5, 6, 50 + often, so always c. adj.; also c. pt. pl. Nu 5:18, 19, 24 2 K 3:20 +; c. pron. pl. Nu 20:13; 27:14 2 K 2:21 +; cf. sf. Jos 4:18; before pl. vb. Gn 1:9, 20, 21; 7:17 + often; after pl. vb. Jos 3:13 Is 28:17 Pr 9:17 Ez 31:4 +; rarely c. sg. vb.; before, Gn 9:15 Lv 11:34 Nu 20:2; 24:7; 33:14 2 K 3:9; after, Nu 19:13, 20);—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

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

Part of speech: Noun Masculine TWOT: 1188

Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

מַיִם

water, fluid; secretion; solution. Constr. מֵי; pl. מֵימוֹת, constr. מֵימֵי. Snh. 108ᵃ גלגל העין שדומה למ׳ the eye-ball which (in restlessness) resembles water, v. גַּלְגַּל. Par. VIII, 9 המ׳ המוכים וכ׳ smitten waters (springs or lakes formed through a catastrophe, v. Snh. l. c.). Ib. המ׳ המכזבים, v. כָּזַב; a. v. fr.—מ׳ ראשונים, מ׳ אחרונים &c., v. respective determinants.—מֵי פירות juice of fruits (wine, date-honey, &c.). Pes. 35ᵃ sq.; a. fr.—מֵי רגלים urin. Ker. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—בֵּית המ׳ urinary. Meg. III, 2; Y. Ber. II, 4ᶜ bot.—Ḥag. 3ᵃ מֵימֶיךָ אנו שותין we drink thy water, i.e. we depend on thy teaching; B. Mets. 84ᵇ מֵימֵיהֶן אנו שותין; Hor. 14ᵃ; a. e.—Taan. 16ᵃ כל מימות וכ׳ all the waters of the world; a. fr.

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.

Forms in the corpus

The 158 distinct written forms H4325 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
מַ֖יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Amos 4:8	37
מָֽיִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 10:7	35
מָ֑יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 8:15	31
מַ֣יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 7:24	28
מַ֥יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 17:8	24
הַ/מַּ֔יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 15:25	19
מַ֨יִם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 15:23	19
מַ֔יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 8:15	17
הַ/מָּ֑יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 11:1	16
מֵ֣י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Exodus 15:19	16
בַּ/מַּ֖יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 4:18	15
מֵ֥י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Deuteronomy 33:8	15
בַּ/מָּ֑יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 14:9	14
הַ/מַּ֖יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 2:10	13
הַ/מָּֽיִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 14:21	13
הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 4:9	9
מַ֗יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 31:14	8
בַּ/מָּֽיִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 29:4	7
הַ/מַּ֗יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 14:28	6
הַ/מַּ֥יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 7:20	6
מֵי	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Isaiah 36:16	6
מַ֭יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Job 14:11	6
מֵ֤י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Deuteronomy 11:4	5
וּ/מַ֖יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 9:9	4
בַּ/מַּ֔יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 16:9	4
וּ/מַ֣יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezra 10:6	4
כַּ/מַּ֖יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Amos 5:24	4
כַּ/מָּֽיִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 12:16	4
מִ/מַּ֥יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 19:10	4
מֵֽי	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	2 Kings 18:31	4
מַ֛יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	1 Kings 17:10	4
מַ֜יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 2:6	4
מַ֝֗יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Job 26:5	4
בַ/מַּ֖יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 47:3	3
בְּ/מַ֣יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Numbers 24:7	3
בַּ/מַּ֛יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Leviticus 15:16	3
הַ/מַּ֛יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 7:17	3
הַ/מַּ֜יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Genesis 1:9	3
וּ/בַ/מַּ֖יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Jeremiah 13:1	3
וּ/מַ֛יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Deuteronomy 2:28	3
לְ/מֵ֥י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Joshua 16:1	3
לַ/מַּ֔יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Amos 8:11	3
מֵ֖י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Isaiah 51:10	3
מֵימֵ֣י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Exodus 8:6	3
מַ֤יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	2 Kings 3:25	3
מַ֨יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 1:24	3
מַֽיִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Jeremiah 17:13	3
מַּ֔יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 21:7	3
בְּ/מֵ֣י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Joshua 3:13	2
בְּ/מַ֥יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Leviticus 15:13	2
בַּ/מַּ֨יִם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Isaiah 43:2	2
הַ/מַּ֣יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 47:9	2
הַ/מַּ֤יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 47:8	2
וְ/הַ/מַּ֗יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Genesis 7:19	2
וְ/הַ/מַּ֤יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Exodus 14:22	2
וָ/מָֽיִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	1 Kings 18:4	2
וּ/בְ/מַ֥יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Ezekiel 16:4	2
וּ/מַ֥יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Daniel 1:12	2
כַ/מַּ֣יִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Job 15:16	2
כַ֭/מַּיִם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Job 27:20	2

The 60 most common forms are shown; 98 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.

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Septuagint verse parallels

This word appears in 494 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 525 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.

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מַי

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Where this word appears

Leviticus

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