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)).
Traditional renderings: piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
579 total
- Genesis 30:38הַמָּ֑יִם · in the wateringThen he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
- Genesis 37:24מָֽיִם׃ · water…and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- Genesis 43:24מַ֙יִם֙ · waterAnd the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
- Genesis 49:4כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ · as the watersUncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
- Exodus 2:10הַמַּ֖יִם · the waterWhen the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
- Exodus 4:9 (2×)מִמֵּימֵ֣י · some water; הַמַּ֙יִם֙ · the waterBut if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
- Exodus 7:15הַמַּ֔יְמָה · to the waterGo to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
- Exodus 7:17הַמַּ֛יִם · the waterThis is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
- Exodus 7:18מַ֖יִם · waterThe fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
- Exodus 7:19 (2×)מֵימֵ֨י · the waters; מֵימֵיהֶ֖םAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
- Exodus 7:20 (2×)הַמַּ֙יִם֙ · the water; הַמַּ֥יִם · the waterMoses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
- Exodus 7:21מַ֖יִם · waterThe fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 7:24 (2×)מַ֣יִם · for water; מִמֵּימֵ֖י · the waterSo all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
- Exodus 8:6מֵימֵ֣י · the watersSo Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:20הַמָּ֑יְמָה · to the waterThen the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 12:9בַּמָּ֑יִם · waterDo not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.
- Exodus 14:21הַמָּֽיִם׃ · So the watersThen Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Exodus 14:22וְהַמַּ֤יִם · of water…and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Exodus 14:26הַמַּ֙יִם֙ · so that the watersThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
- Exodus 14:28הַמַּ֗יִם · The watersThe waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
- Exodus 14:29וְהַמַּ֤יִם · of waterBut the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Exodus 15:8מַ֔יִם · the watersAt the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Exodus 15:10בְּמַ֖יִם · watersBut You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Exodus 15:19מֵ֣י · brought the watersFor when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
- Exodus 15:22מָֽיִם׃ · waterThen Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- Exodus 15:23מַ֙יִם֙ · the waterAnd when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
- Exodus 15:25 (2×)הַמַּ֔יִם · the waters; הַמָּ֑יִם · [they]And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
- Exodus 15:27 (2×)מַ֖יִם · of water; הַמָּֽיִם׃ · the watersThen they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
- Exodus 17:1מַ֖יִם · waterThen the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 17:2מַ֖יִם · waterSo the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
- Exodus 17:3לַמַּ֔יִם · for waterBut the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- Exodus 17:6מַ֖יִם · waterBehold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Exodus 20:4בַּמַּ֖֣יִם׀ · or in the watersYou shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- Exodus 23:25מֵימֶ֑יךָ · your waterSo you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
- Exodus 29:4בַּמָּֽיִם׃ · with waterThen present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
- Exodus 30:18מָֽיִם׃ · water“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
- Exodus 30:20מַ֖יִם · with waterWhenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
- Exodus 32:20הַמַּ֔יִם · of the waterThen he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
- Exodus 34:28וּמַ֖יִם · waterSo Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
- Exodus 40:7מָֽיִם׃ · water in itAnd place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
- Exodus 40:12בַּמָּֽיִם׃ · with waterThen bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
- Exodus 40:30מַ֖יִם · waterHe placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
- Leviticus 1:9בַּמָּ֑יִם · with waterThe entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 1:13בַּמָּ֑יִם · with waterThe entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.