מַי
water
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- 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).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
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1 Kings 17 verses
- 1 Kings 18:4 וָ/מָֽיִם conj + n c mp for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:5 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
- 1 Kings 18:13 וָ/מָֽיִם conj + n c mp Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 1 Kings 18:33 מַ֔יִם n c mp He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
- 1 Kings 18:35 הַ/מַּ֔יִם מָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
- 1 Kings 18:38 הַ/מַּ֥יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
- 1 Kings 19:6 מָ֑יִם n c mp He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
- 1 Kings 22:27 וּ/מַ֣יִם conj + n c mp and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
2 Kings 17 verses
- 2 Kings 2:8 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.
- 2 Kings 2:14 הַ/מַּ֔יִם הַ/מַּ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over.
- 2 Kings 2:19 וְ/הַ/מַּ֥יִם conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
- 2 Kings 2:21 הַ/מַּ֔יִם לַ/מַּ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp prep det + n c mp He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.
- 2 Kings 2:22 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
- 2 Kings 3:9 מַ֧יִם n c mp So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.
- 2 Kings 3:11 מַ֖יִם n c mp But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
- 2 Kings 3:17 מָ֑יִם n c mp For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.
- 2 Kings 3:19 מַ֖יִם n c mp You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
- 2 Kings 3:20 מַ֥יִם הַ/מָּֽיִם n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
- 2 Kings 3:22 הַ/מָּ֑יִם הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:
- 2 Kings 3:25 מַ֤יִם n c mp They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
- 2 Kings 6:5 הַ/מָּ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
- 2 Kings 6:22 וָ/מַ֜יִם conj + n c mp He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
- 2 Kings 8:15 בַּ/מַּ֔יִם prep det + n c mp It happened on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 19:24 מַ֣יִם n c mp I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
- 2 Kings 20:20 הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:17 מַ֔יִם n c mp David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- 1 Chronicles 11:18 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp The three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,
- 1 Chronicles 14:11 מָ֑יִם n c mp So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 18:26 וּ/מַ֣יִם conj + n c mp and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 מַ֥יִם n c mp So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 10 verses
- Nehemiah 3:26 הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp (Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
- Nehemiah 4:23 הַ/מָּֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
- Nehemiah 8:1 הַ/מָּ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.
- Nehemiah 8:3 הַ/מַּ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were [attentive] to the book of the law.
- Nehemiah 8:16 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
- Nehemiah 9:11 בְּ/מַ֥יִם prep + n c mp You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you did cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
- Nehemiah 9:15 וּ/מַ֗יִם conj + n c mp and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:20 וּ/מַ֛יִם conj + n c mp You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
- Nehemiah 12:37 הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
- Nehemiah 13:2 וּ/בַ/מָּ֑יִם conj + prep det + n c mp because they didn't meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Job 23 verses
- Job 3:24 כַ֝/מַּ֗יִם prep det + n c mp For my sighing comes before I eat, My groanings are poured out like water.
- Job 5:10 מַ֝יִם n c mp Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields;
- Job 8:11 מָֽיִם n c mp "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
- Job 11:16 כְּ/מַ֖יִם prep + n c mp For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,
- Job 12:15 בַּ/מַּ֣יִם prep det + n c mp Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
- Job 14:9 מַ֣יִם n c mp Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
- Job 14:11 מַ֭יִם n c mp As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up,
- Job 14:19 מַ֗יִם n c mp The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.
- Job 15:16 כַ/מַּ֣יִם prep det + n c mp How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, A man who drinks iniquity like water!
- Job 22:7 מַ֭יִם n c mp You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- Job 22:11 מַ֥יִם n c mp Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Job 24:18 מַ֗יִם n c mp "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth: They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
- Job 26:5 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp "Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
- Job 26:8 מַ֥יִם n c mp He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
- Job 26:10 מָ֑יִם n c mp He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.
- Job 27:20 כַ֭/מַּיִם prep det + n c mp Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.
- Job 28:25 וּ֝/מַ֗יִם conj + n c mp He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
- Job 29:19 מָ֑יִם n c mp My root is spread out to the waters, The dew lies all night on my branch;
- Job 34:7 כַּ/מָּֽיִם prep det + n c mp What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
- Job 36:27 מָ֑יִם n c mp For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,
- Job 37:10 מַ֣יִם n c mp By the breath of God, ice is given, And the breadth of the waters is frozen.
- Job 38:30 מַ֣יִם n c mp The waters become hard like stone, When the surface of the deep is frozen.
- Job 38:34 מַ֥יִם n c mp "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
Psalms 42 verses
- Psalms 1:3 מָ֥יִם n c mp He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
- Psalms 18:11 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 18:15 מַ֗יִם n c mp Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
- Psalms 18:16 מִ/מַּ֥יִם prep + n c mp He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
- Psalms 22:14 כַּ/מַּ֥יִם prep det + n c mp I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
- Psalms 29:3 הַ֫/מָּ֥יִם מַ֥יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
- Psalms 32:6 מַ֣יִם n c mp For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
- Psalms 42:1 מָ֑יִם n c mp As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants after you, God.
- Psalms 58:7 מַ֭יִם n c mp Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
- Psalms 63:1 מָֽיִם n c mp God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, My flesh longs for you, In a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Psalms 65:9 מָ֑יִם n c mp You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
- Psalms 66:12 וּ/בַ/מַּ֑יִם conj + prep det + n c mp You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, But you brought us to the place of abundance.
- Psalms 69:1 מַ֣יִם n c mp Save me, God, For the waters have come up to my neck!
- Psalms 69:2 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- Psalms 69:14 מָֽיִם n c mp Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- Psalms 69:15 מַ֭יִם n c mp Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
- Psalms 74:13 הַ/מָּֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
- Psalms 77:16 מַּ֨יִם מַּ֣יִם n c mp n c mp The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
- Psalms 77:17 מַ֨יִם n c mp The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
- Psalms 77:19 בְּ/מַ֣יִם prep + n c mp Your way was through the sea; Your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- Psalms 78:13 מַ֥יִם n c mp He split the sea, and caused them to pass through; He made the waters stand as a heap.
- Psalms 78:16 מָֽיִם n c mp He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
- Psalms 78:20 מַיִם֮ n c mp Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"
- Psalms 79:3 כַּ/מַּ֗יִם prep det + n c mp Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
- Psalms 88:17 כַ֭/מַּיִם prep det + n c mp They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
- Psalms 93:4 מַ֤יִם n c mp Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
- Psalms 104:3 בַ/מַּ֗יִם prep det + n c mp He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 104:6 מָֽיִם n c mp You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
- Psalms 105:41 מָ֑יִם n c mp He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
- Psalms 106:11 מַ֥יִם n c mp The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
- Psalms 107:23 בְּ/מַ֣יִם prep + n c mp Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;
- Psalms 107:33 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp He turns rivers into a desert, Water springs into a thirsty ground,
- Psalms 107:35 מַ֑יִם מָֽיִם n c mp n c mp He turns a desert into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.
- Psalms 109:18 כַ/מַּ֣יִם prep det + n c mp He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones.
- Psalms 114:8 מָ֑יִם מָֽיִם n c mp n c mp Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a spring of waters.
- Psalms 119:136 מַ֭יִם n c mp Streams of tears run down my eyes, Because they don't observe your law.
- Psalms 124:4 הַ/מַּ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
- Psalms 124:5 הַ֝/מַּ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
- Psalms 136:6 הַ/מָּ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp To him who spread out the earth above the waters; For his loving kindness endures forever:
- Psalms 144:7 מִ/מַּ֣יִם prep + n c mp Stretch out your hand from above, Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hands of foreigners;
- Psalms 147:18 מָֽיִם n c mp He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- Psalms 148:4 וְ֝/הַ/מַּ֗יִם conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
Proverbs 14 verses
- Proverbs 5:15 מַ֥יִם n c mp Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.
- Proverbs 5:16 מָֽיִם n c mp Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?
- Proverbs 8:24 מָֽיִם n c mp When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.
- Proverbs 8:29 וּ֭/מַיִם conj + n c mp When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Proverbs 9:17 מַֽיִם n c mp "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
- Proverbs 17:14 מַ֭יִם n c mp The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, Therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
- Proverbs 18:4 מַ֣יִם n c mp The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
- Proverbs 20:5 מַ֣יִם n c mp Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
- Proverbs 21:1 מַ֣יִם n c mp The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
- Proverbs 25:21 מָֽיִם n c mp If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
- Proverbs 25:25 מַ֣יִם n c mp Like cold water to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.
- Proverbs 27:19 כַּ֭/מַּיִם prep det + n c mp As water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the man.
- Proverbs 30:4 מַ֨יִם n c mp Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
- Proverbs 30:16 מַּ֑יִם n c mp Sheol, The barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'
Ecclesiastes 2 verses
Song of Solomon 3 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:15 מַ֣יִם n c mp A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, Flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved
- Song of Solomon 5:12 מָ֑יִם n c mp His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, Washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
- Song of Solomon 8:7 מַ֣יִם n c mp Many waters can't quench love, Neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, He would be utterly scorned. Friends
Isaiah 39 verses
- Isaiah 1:22 בַּ/מָּֽיִם prep det + n c mp Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.
- Isaiah 1:30 מַ֖יִם n c mp For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.
- Isaiah 3:1 מָֽיִם n c mp For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, The whole supply of bread, And the whole supply of water;
- Isaiah 11:9 כַּ/מַּ֖יִם prep det + n c mp They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 12:3 מַ֖יִם n c mp Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.
- Isaiah 14:23 מָ֑יִם n c mp I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 17:12 מַ֥יִם n c mp Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Isaiah 17:13 מַ֤יִם n c mp The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
- Isaiah 18:2 מַיִם֒ n c mp that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, [saying], Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!
- Isaiah 19:5 מַ֖יִם n c mp The waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
- Isaiah 19:8 מַ֖יִם n c mp The fishermen shall lament, and all those who cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters shall languish.
- Isaiah 21:14 מָ֑יִם n c mp To him who was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
- Isaiah 23:3 וּ/בְ/מַ֤יִם conj + prep + n c mp On great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of nations.
- Isaiah 28:2 מַ֣יִם n c mp Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 28:17 מַ֖יִם n c mp I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
- Isaiah 30:14 מַ֖יִם n c mp He shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces of it a broken piece with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
- Isaiah 30:20 וּ/מַ֣יִם conj + n c mp Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be hidden anymore, but your eyes shall see your teachers;
- Isaiah 30:25 מָ֑יִם n c mp There shall be on every lofty mountain, and on every high hill, brooks [and] streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Isaiah 32:2 מַ֣יִם n c mp A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
- Isaiah 32:20 מָ֑יִם n c mp Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
- Isaiah 35:6 מַ֔יִם n c mp Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 35:7 מָ֑יִם n c mp The glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
- Isaiah 37:25 מָ֑יִם n c mp I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
- Isaiah 40:12 מַ֗יִם n c mp Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
- Isaiah 41:17 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst; I, Yahweh, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 41:18 מַ֔יִם מָֽיִם n c mp n c mp I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
- Isaiah 43:2 בַּ/מַּ֨יִם֙ prep det + n c mp When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle on you.
- Isaiah 43:16 וּ/בְ/מַ֥יִם conj + prep + n c mp Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
- Isaiah 43:20 מַ֗יִם n c mp The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
- Isaiah 44:3 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Isaiah 44:4 מָֽיִם n c mp and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
- Isaiah 44:12 מַ֖יִם n c mp The smith [makes] an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
- Isaiah 48:21 מַ֥יִם מָֽיִם n c mp n c mp They didn't thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
- Isaiah 49:10 מַ֖יִם n c mp They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
- Isaiah 50:2 מַ֔יִם n c mp Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
- Isaiah 55:1 לַ/מַּ֔יִם prep det + n c mp Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- Isaiah 58:11 מַ֔יִם מֵימָֽי/ו n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
- Isaiah 63:12 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
- Isaiah 64:2 מַ֚יִם n c mp as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
Jeremiah 18 verses
- Jeremiah 2:13 מַ֣יִם הַ/מָּֽיִם n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
- Jeremiah 9:1 מַ֔יִם n c mp Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 9:18 מָֽיִם n c mp and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
- Jeremiah 10:13 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 13:1 וּ/בַ/מַּ֖יִם conj + prep det + n c mp Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy you a linen belt, and put it on your loins, and don't put it in water.
- Jeremiah 14:3 לַ/מָּ֑יִם מַ֗יִם prep det + n c mp n c mp Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
- Jeremiah 15:18 מַ֖יִם n c mp Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
- Jeremiah 17:8 מַ֗יִם n c mp For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:13 מַֽיִם n c mp Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
- Jeremiah 18:14 מַ֛יִם n c mp Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
- Jeremiah 31:9 מַ֔יִם n c mp They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
- Jeremiah 38:6 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
- Jeremiah 41:12 מַ֥יִם n c mp then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
- Jeremiah 46:8 מָ֑יִם n c mp Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants of it.
- Jeremiah 47:2 מַ֜יִם n c mp Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
- Jeremiah 51:13 מַ֣יִם n c mp You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, the measure of your covetousness.
- Jeremiah 51:16 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 51:55 כְּ/מַ֣יִם prep + n c mp For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
Lamentations 4 verses
- Lamentations 1:16 מַּ֔יִם n c mp For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
- Lamentations 2:19 כַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ prep det + n c mp Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
- Lamentations 3:48 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Lamentations 3:54 מַ֥יִם n c mp Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Ezekiel 34 verses
- Ezekiel 1:24 מַ֨יִם n c mp When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 4:11 וּ/מַ֛יִם conj + n c mp You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shall you drink.
- Ezekiel 4:16 וּ/מַ֕יִם conj + n c mp Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
- Ezekiel 4:17 וָ/מָ֑יִם conj + n c mp that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 7:17 מָּֽיִם n c mp All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
- Ezekiel 16:4 וּ/בְ/מַ֥יִם conj + prep + n c mp As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, neither were you washed in water to cleanse you; you weren't salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
- Ezekiel 16:9 בַּ/מַּ֔יִם prep det + n c mp Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
- Ezekiel 17:5 מַ֣יִם n c mp He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.
- Ezekiel 17:8 מַ֥יִם n c mp It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
- Ezekiel 19:10 מַ֣יִם מִ/מַּ֥יִם n c mp prep + n c mp Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- Ezekiel 21:7 מַּ֔יִם n c mp It shall be, when they tell you, Why do you sigh? that you shall say, Because of the news, for it comes; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 24:3 מָֽיִם n c mp Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
- Ezekiel 26:12 מַ֖יִם n c mp They shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.
- Ezekiel 26:19 הַ/מַּ֥יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;
About this entry
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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
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.
- #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 →
By section of the Old Testament
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:
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:
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:
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:
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)
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.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 98 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4325, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- מידבא Mêydᵉbâʼ H4311 Medeba
- מי הירקון Mêy hay-Yarqôwn H4313 Me-jarkon
- מי זהב Mêy Zâhâb H4314 Mezahab
Compare all same-root words → 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
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.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:2
- Exodus 2:10
- Leviticus 1:9
- Numbers 5:17
- Deuteronomy 2:6
- Joshua 2:10
- Judges 1:15
- 1 Samuel 7:6
- 2 Samuel 5:20
- 1 Kings 13:8
- 2 Kings 2:8
- 1 Chronicles 11:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
