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. Isaiah 41:17מַ֙יִם֙ · water
    The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
  2. Isaiah 41:18 (2×)מַ֔יִם · of water; מָֽיִם׃
    I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
  3. Isaiah 43:2בַּמַּ֙יִם֙ · through the waters
    When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  4. Isaiah 43:16וּבְמַ֥יִם · waters
    Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
  5. Isaiah 43:20מַ֗יִם · water
    The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
  6. Isaiah 44:3מַ֙יִם֙ · water
    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  7. Isaiah 44:4מָֽיִם׃ · streams
    They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
  8. Isaiah 44:12מַ֖יִם · water
    The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
  9. Isaiah 48:1וּמִמֵּ֥י · from the line
    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
  10. Isaiah 48:21 (2×)מַ֥יִם · He made water; מָֽיִם׃ · and water
    They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
  11. Isaiah 49:10מַ֖יִם · of water
    They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
  12. Isaiah 50:2מַ֔יִם · of water
    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  13. Isaiah 51:10מֵ֖י · the waters
    Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
  14. Isaiah 54:9 (2×)מֵ֥י; מֵי־ · that the waters
    “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
  15. Isaiah 55:1לַמַּ֔יִם · to the waters
    “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
  16. Isaiah 57:20מֵימָ֖יו · and its waves
    But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
  17. Isaiah 58:11 (2×)מַ֔יִם; מֵימָֽיו׃ · whose waters
    The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  18. Isaiah 63:12מַ֙יִם֙ · the waters
    …who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
  19. Isaiah 64:2מַ֚יִם · causes the water
    …as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
  20. Jeremiah 2:13 (2×)מַ֣יִם · water; הַמָּֽיִם׃ · water
    “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  21. Jeremiah 2:18 (2×)מֵ֣י · the waters; מֵ֥י · the waters
    Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
  22. Jeremiah 6:7מֵימֶ֔יהָ · its water
    As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
  23. Jeremiah 8:14מֵי־ · water
    Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  24. Jeremiah 9:1מַ֔יִם · were a spring of water
    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
  25. Jeremiah 9:15מֵי־ · water
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
  26. Jeremiah 9:18מָֽיִם׃ · with water
    Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
  27. Jeremiah 10:13מַ֙יִם֙ · the waters
    When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
  28. Jeremiah 13:1וּבַמַּ֖יִם · water
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
  29. Jeremiah 14:3 (2×)לַמָּ֑יִם · for water; מַ֗יִם · water
    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
  30. Jeremiah 15:18מַ֖יִם · water
    Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
  31. Jeremiah 17:8מַ֗יִם · the waters
    He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
  32. Jeremiah 17:13מַֽיִם־ · water
    O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
  33. Jeremiah 18:14מַ֛יִם · waters
    Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
  34. Jeremiah 23:15מֵי־ · water
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
  35. Jeremiah 31:9מַ֔יִם · of waters
    They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
  36. Jeremiah 38:6מַ֙יִם֙ · water
    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
  37. Jeremiah 41:12מַ֥יִם · pool
    …they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.
  38. Jeremiah 46:7מֵימָֽיו׃ · whose waters
    Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
  39. Jeremiah 46:8מָ֑יִם · and its waters
    Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
  40. Jeremiah 47:2מַ֜יִם · the waters
    This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
  41. Jeremiah 48:34מֵ֣י · the waters
    There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
  42. Jeremiah 50:38מֵימֶ֖יהָ · her waters
    A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
  43. Jeremiah 51:13מַ֣יִם · waters
    You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.