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. Jeremiah 51:16מַ֙יִם֙ · 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.
  2. Jeremiah 51:55כְּמַ֣יִם · waters
    For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.
  3. Lamentations 1:16מַּ֔יִם · with tears
    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
  4. Lamentations 2:19כַמַּ֙יִם֙ · like water
    Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
  5. Lamentations 3:48מַ֙יִם֙ · of tears
    Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  6. Lamentations 3:54מַ֥יִם · The waters
    The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
  7. Lamentations 5:4מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ · the water
    We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
  8. Ezekiel 1:24מַ֨יִם · waters
    When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
  9. Ezekiel 4:11וּמַ֛יִם · of water
    You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.
  10. Ezekiel 4:16וּמַ֕יִם · water
    Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
  11. Ezekiel 4:17וָמָ֑יִם · and water
    So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
  12. Ezekiel 7:17מָּֽיִם׃ · water
    Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.
  13. Ezekiel 12:18וּמֵימֶ֕יךָ · your water
    “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
  14. Ezekiel 12:19וּמֵֽימֵיהֶ֖ם · their water
    Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
  15. Ezekiel 16:4וּבְמַ֥יִם · with water
    On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
  16. Ezekiel 16:9בַּמַּ֔יִם · you with water
    Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
  17. Ezekiel 17:5מַ֣יִם · waters
    He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
  18. Ezekiel 17:8מַ֥יִם · waters
    It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
  19. Ezekiel 19:10 (2×)מַ֣יִם · the water; מִמַּ֥יִם · waters
    Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
  20. Ezekiel 21:7מַּ֔יִם · water
    And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
  21. Ezekiel 24:3מָֽיִם׃ · the water
    Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
  22. Ezekiel 26:12מַ֖יִם · the water
    They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
  23. Ezekiel 26:19הַמַּ֥יִם · waters
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
  24. Ezekiel 27:26בְּמַ֤יִם · seas
    Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
  25. Ezekiel 27:34מָ֑יִם · of the waters
    Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
  26. Ezekiel 31:4מַ֣יִם · The waters
    The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.
  27. Ezekiel 31:5מִמַּ֥יִם · waters
    Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
  28. Ezekiel 31:7מַ֥יִם · waters
    It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
  29. Ezekiel 31:14 (2×)מַ֗יִם · by the waters; מָ֑יִם
    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
  30. Ezekiel 31:15מַ֣יִם · waters
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.
  31. Ezekiel 31:16מָֽיִם׃
    I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
  32. Ezekiel 32:2מַ֙יִם֙ · the waters
    “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
  33. Ezekiel 32:13מַ֣יִם · waters
    I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
  34. Ezekiel 32:14מֵֽימֵיהֶ֔ם · I will let her waters
    Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.
  35. Ezekiel 34:18מַ֣יִם · waters
    Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
  36. Ezekiel 36:25מַ֥יִם · water
    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  37. Ezekiel 43:2מַ֣יִם · waters
    …and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
  38. Ezekiel 47:1 (2×)מַ֣יִם · water; וְהַמַּ֣יִם · The water
    Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
  39. Ezekiel 47:2מַ֣יִם · the water
    Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.
  40. Ezekiel 47:3 (2×)בַמַּ֖יִם · water; מֵ֥י
    As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.
  41. Ezekiel 47:4 (3×)בַמַּ֖יִם · water; מַ֣יִם; מֵ֥י · water
    Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.
  42. Ezekiel 47:5 (2×)הַמַּ֙יִם֙ · the water; מֵ֣י · [and]
    Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.
  43. Ezekiel 47:8הַמַּ֤יִם · water
    And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Dead Sea, the water there becomes fresh.