מַי

Water Gate

1. 1 Samuel 30:12מַ֔יִם · water
   …a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
2. 2 Samuel 5:20מָ֑יִם · flood
   So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
3. 2 Samuel 12:27הַמָּֽיִם׃ · the water [supply]
   Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
4. 2 Samuel 14:14וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ · and be like water
   For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
5. 2 Samuel 17:20הַמָּ֑יִם
   When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
6. 2 Samuel 17:21הַמַּ֔יִם · the river
   After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
7. 2 Samuel 21:10מַ֥יִם · the rain
   And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
8. 2 Samuel 22:12מַ֖יִם · of water
   He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
9. 2 Samuel 22:17מִמַּ֥יִם · waters
   He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
10. 2 Samuel 23:15מַ֔יִם · of water
    David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
11. 2 Samuel 23:16מַ֙יִם֙ · water
    So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
12. 1 Kings 13:8מַּ֔יִם · water
    But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
13. 1 Kings 13:9מָּ֑יִם · water
    For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
14. 1 Kings 13:16מַ֔יִם · water
    But the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
15. 1 Kings 13:17מָ֑יִם · water
    For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”
16. 1 Kings 13:18מָ֑יִם · water
    Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
17. 1 Kings 13:19מָֽיִם׃ · water
    …but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
18. 1 Kings 13:22 (2×)מַ֔יִם · water; מָ֑יִם
    …but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”
19. 1 Kings 14:15בַּמַּיִם֒ · in the water
    For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
20. 1 Kings 17:10מַ֛יִם · water
    So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
21. 1 Kings 18:4וָמָֽיִם׃ · and water
    …for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
22. 1 Kings 18:5הַמַּ֔יִם
    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
23. 1 Kings 18:13וָמָֽיִם׃ · and water
    Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
24. 1 Kings 18:34מַ֔יִם · waterpots
    …and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.
25. 1 Kings 18:35 (2×)הַמַּ֔יִם · So the water; מָֽיִם׃
    So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
26. 1 Kings 18:38הַמַּ֥יִם · the water
    Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
27. 1 Kings 19:6מָ֑יִם · of water
    And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
28. 1 Kings 22:27וּמַ֣יִם · and water
    …and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
29. 2 Kings 2:8הַמַּ֔יִם · the waters
    And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
30. 2 Kings 2:14 (2×)הַמַּ֔יִם · the waters; הַמַּ֗יִם · the waters
    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
31. 2 Kings 2:19וְהַמַּ֥יִם · But the water
    Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
32. 2 Kings 2:21 (2×)הַמַּ֔יִם; לַמַּ֣יִם · water
    …and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
33. 2 Kings 2:22הַמַּ֔יִם · And the waters [there]
    And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
34. 2 Kings 3:9מַ֧יִם · water
    So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
35. 2 Kings 3:11מַ֖יִם · water
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
36. 2 Kings 3:17מָ֑יִם · with water
    For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
37. 2 Kings 3:19מַ֖יִם
    And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
38. 2 Kings 3:20 (2×)מַ֥יִם · water; הַמָּֽיִם׃
    The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
39. 2 Kings 3:22 (2×)הַמָּ֑יִם · the water; הַמַּ֖יִם · and [it]
    When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
40. 2 Kings 3:25מַ֤יִם
    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
41. 2 Kings 5:12מֵימֵ֣י · the waters
    Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
42. 2 Kings 6:5הַמָּ֑יִם · the water
    As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
43. 2 Kings 6:22וָמַ֜יִם · and water
    “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
44. 2 Kings 8:15בַּמַּ֔יִם · it in water
    But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.