מַי

ma.yimwater
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine579 occurrences33 books522 verses
This word comes from the name of Water Gate.

Definition

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Traditional renderings: piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Glossary entries

Water Gate

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

579 total
  1. Genesis 1:2הַמָּֽיִם׃ · of the waters
    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  2. Genesis 1:6 (3×)הַמָּ֑יִם · the waters; מַ֖יִם · the waters; לָמָֽיִם׃ · from the waters
    And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
  3. Genesis 1:7 (2×)הַמַּ֙יִם֙ · the waters; הַמַּ֔יִם · the waters
    So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
  4. Genesis 1:9הַמַּ֜יִם · Let the waters
    And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
  5. Genesis 1:10הַמַּ֖יִם · of waters
    God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
  6. Genesis 1:20הַמַּ֔יִם · Let the waters
    And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
  7. Genesis 1:21הַמַּ֜יִם · the waters
    So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  8. Genesis 1:22הַמַּ֙יִם֙ · the waters
    Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
  9. Genesis 6:17מַ֙יִם֙
    And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
  10. Genesis 7:6מַ֖יִם
    Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
  11. Genesis 7:7מֵ֥י · the waters
    And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
  12. Genesis 7:10וּמֵ֣י · the floodwaters
    And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
  13. Genesis 7:17הַמַּ֗יִם · and the waters
    For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
  14. Genesis 7:18 (2×)הַמַּ֛יִם · So the waters; הַמָּֽיִם׃ · of the waters
    So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
  15. Genesis 7:19וְהַמַּ֗יִם · Finally, the waters
    Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
  16. Genesis 7:20הַמָּ֑יִם · The waters
    The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
  17. Genesis 7:24הַמַּ֖יִם · And the waters
    And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
  18. Genesis 8:1הַמָּֽיִם׃ · and the waters
    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
  19. Genesis 8:3 (2×)הַמַּ֛יִם · The waters; הַמַּ֔יִם · the waters
    The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
  20. Genesis 8:5וְהַמַּ֗יִם · And the waters
    And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
  21. Genesis 8:7הַמַּ֖יִם · the waters
    …and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
  22. Genesis 8:8הַמַּ֔יִם · if the waters
    Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
  23. Genesis 8:9מַ֖יִם · the waters
    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
  24. Genesis 8:11הַמַּ֖יִם · the waters
    And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
  25. Genesis 8:13הַמַּ֖יִם · the waters
    In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
  26. Genesis 9:11מִמֵּ֣י · by the waters
    And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
  27. Genesis 9:15הַמַּ֙יִם֙ · will the waters
    I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
  28. Genesis 16:7הַמַּ֖יִם · of water
    Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
  29. Genesis 18:4מַ֔יִם · water
    Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
  30. Genesis 21:14מַ֜יִם
    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
  31. Genesis 21:15הַמַּ֖יִם · When the water
    When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
  32. Genesis 21:19 (2×)מָ֑יִם · of water; מַ֔יִם
    Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
  33. Genesis 21:25הַמַּ֔יִם
    But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
  34. Genesis 24:11הַמָּ֑יִם
    As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
  35. Genesis 24:13 (2×)הַמָּ֑יִם; מָֽיִם׃ · water
    Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
  36. Genesis 24:17מַ֖יִם · water
    So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
  37. Genesis 24:32וּמַ֙יִם֙ · and water
    So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
  38. Genesis 24:43 (2×)הַמָּ֑יִם; מַ֖יִם · water
    Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
  39. Genesis 26:18הַמַּ֗יִם
    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
  40. Genesis 26:19מַ֥יִם · water
    Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
  41. Genesis 26:20הַמָּ֑יִם · The water is ours
    But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
  42. Genesis 26:32מָֽיִם׃ · water
    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.