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
- Numbers 5:27 (2×)הַמַּ֗יִם · the water; הַמַּ֤יִם · then the waterWhen he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
- Numbers 8:7מֵ֣י · with the waterThis is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
- Numbers 19:7בַּמַּ֔יִם · in waterThen the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
- Numbers 19:8 (2×)בַּמַּ֔יִם · in water; בַּמָּ֑יִםThe one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
- Numbers 19:9לְמֵ֥י · for preparing the waterThen a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.
- Numbers 19:13מֵ֨י · the waterAnyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
- Numbers 19:17מַ֥יִם · waterFor the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
- Numbers 19:18בַּמַּיִם֮ · it in the waterThen a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
- Numbers 19:19בַּמַּ֖יִם · in waterThe man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.
- Numbers 19:20מֵ֥י · The waterBut if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
- Numbers 19:21 (2×)מֵֽי־ · the water; בְּמֵ֣י · the waterThis is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
- Numbers 20:2מַ֖יִם · waterNow there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 20:5וּמַ֥יִם · waterWhy have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
- Numbers 20:8 (2×)מֵימָ֑יו · its water; מַ֙יִם֙ · water“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
- Numbers 20:10מָֽיִם׃ · must we bring you waterThen Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
- Numbers 20:11מַ֣יִם · waterThen Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Numbers 20:13מֵ֣י · were the watersThese were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
- Numbers 20:17מֵ֣י · waterPlease let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
- Numbers 20:19מֵימֶ֤יךָ · your water“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
- Numbers 20:24לְמֵ֥י · at the waters“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 21:5מַ֔יִם · or water…and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Numbers 21:16מָֽיִם׃ס · waterFrom there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
- Numbers 21:22מֵ֣י · water“Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”
- Numbers 24:6מָֽיִם׃ · the watersThey spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
- Numbers 24:7 (2×)מַ֙יִם֙ · Water; בְּמַ֣יִם · waterWater will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.
- Numbers 27:14 (2×)בַמַּ֖יִם · regarding the waters; מֵֽי־ · were the waters…for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 31:23 (2×)בְּמֵ֥י · with the water; בַמָּֽיִם׃ · through the water…everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
- Numbers 33:9מַ֛יִםThey set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
- Numbers 33:14מַ֛יִם · waterThey set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
- Deuteronomy 2:6מַ֜יִם · the waterYou are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
- Deuteronomy 2:28וּמַ֛יִם · waterYou can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
- Deuteronomy 4:18בַּמַּ֖יִם · in the waters…or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.
- Deuteronomy 5:8בַּמַּ֖֣יִם׀ · 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.
- Deuteronomy 8:7מָ֔יִםFor the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 8:15 (2×)מָ֑יִם · and waterless [land]; מַ֔יִם · waterHe led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Deuteronomy 9:9וּמַ֖יִם · waterWhen I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
- Deuteronomy 9:18וּמַ֖יִם · waterThen I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
- Deuteronomy 10:7מָֽיִם׃ · of waterFrom there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.
- Deuteronomy 11:4מֵ֤י · He made the waters…what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
- Deuteronomy 11:11מָּֽיִם׃But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
- Deuteronomy 12:16כַּמָּֽיִם׃ · like water…but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Deuteronomy 12:24כַּמָּֽיִם׃ · like waterYou must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.