Lexical Summary mayim: waters, water Original Word: מַיִםTransliteration: mayim Phonetic Spelling: (mah'-yim) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: waters, water Meaning: water, juice, urine, semen Strong's Concordance waste, wasting, watering, course, Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). Brown-Driver-Briggs H4325. mayim II. [מוֺ] = מַי water. [מַי]580 noun masculine2 Samuel 14:14 only plural מַ֫יִם waters, water (Late Hebrew id.; MI23 [ין]מ; SI5 המים; Aramaic מַיִּין מַיָּא,, Assyrian mû, plural mê, also mâmu DlHWB 394; Arabic Ethiopic , plural ; Sabean [מו], מום plural מון, Minaean [מה], plural מהן DHM6th Or. Congr. (Leiden) ii. 1, 451 f. (see on these forms BaZMG xiii.1888, 341 ff.)); — מַ֫יִם (מָ֑יִם) Genesis 1:2 +; הַמַּ֫יְמָה Exodus 7:15; 8:16; construct מֵי Genesis 7:7 71t.; מֵימֵי Exodus 4:9-10t. + Qr 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12; suffix מֵימַי Hosea 2:7 + 1 Samuel 25:11 (but read here ᵐ5 יֵינִי Ew Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu); מֵימֶ֫יךָ Exodus 23:25 3t.; מֵימָיו Numbers 20:8 6t.; מֵימֶיהָ Jeremiah 6:7; 50:38; מֵימֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4; מֵימֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19 4t.; — waters, water (c. adjective plural Genesis 26:19; Exodus 15:10; Leviticus 14:5-6, 50 + often, so always with adjective; also with plural participle Numbers 5:18-19, 24; 2 Kings 3:20 +; with plural pronoun Numbers 20:13; 27:14; 2 Kings 2:21 +; compare suffix Joshua 4:18; before plural verb Genesis 1:9, 20, 21; 7:17 + often; after plural verb Joshua 3:13; Isaiah 28:17; Proverbs 9:17; Ezekiel 31:4 +; rarely with singular verb; before, Genesis 9:15; Leviticus 11:34; Numbers 20:2; 24:7; 33:14; 2 Kings 3:9; after, Numbers 19:13, 20); — 1. a. water of a spring or well (בְּאֵר עַיִן,) Genesis 16:7; 24:11, 13 (twice in verse); 24:43; Exodus 15:27 (twice in verse) (J), Genesis 21:19, 25; Numbers 20:17; 21:16 (E), etc.; for drinking, also Amos 4:8; 8:11; Jonah 3:7 + often; out of rock Exodus 17:6 (E), Numbers 20:8 (twice in verse); 20:10-11, (P), Deuteronomy 8:15 etc.; מְרִיבָה מֵי (RSSemitic i. 165; 2nd ed. 181) Numbers 20:13, 24; 27:14 (P), Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalm 81:8; 106:32; compare Deuteronomy 32:51; Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28; for washing (hands, feet, person) Genesis 18:4; 24:32; 43:24 (J), 2 Kings 3:11; Exodus 29:4; 30:20; Leviticus 15:5-6, + (P); (victims) 1:9, 13; 8:21 (P); (vessels) 6:21; Leviticus 12:32; Leviticus 12:34 (P); (garments) 15:17; Numbers 19:8 (P); for cooking Exodus 12:9 (P), compare Isaiah 64:1; Ezekiel 24:3 (symbolic); for purification Numbers 8:7 (חַטָּאת מֵי) 19:9 (נִדָּה מֵי), compare 19:13; 19:18; 19:20; 19:21; Numbers 19:31; 31:23 (twice in verse) (all P), Ezekiel 36:25 (figurative). b. of a river, Nile Exodus 2:10; 4:9 (twice in verse) (J), Jeremiah 2:18 etc.; Jordan Joshua 3:8 (D), 3:15; 3:16 (JE), etc.; Euphrates Isaiah 8:7 (figurative), Jeremiah 2:18; Ezekiel's river Ezekiel 47:1 (twice in verse); 47:2 +, etc.; of streams, canals, etc., especially, as condition of fertility Deuteronomy 8:7; 10:7; Isaiah 1:30; Proverbs 30:16; 2 Kings 3:17 +, etc. c. of sea Amos 5:8; 9:6; Red Sea Exodus 15:8, 10, 19 (song), 14:21-22, 26 + (P), Joshua 2:10 (D), etc. d. of flood Genesis 7:7, 10; 8:3, 7, 8, 9, 11 (J), 6:17; 7:6, 17, 18 (twice in verse); 7:19; 8:5; 9:11, 15 (P); so מֵינֹֿחַ Isaiah 54:9 (twice in verse) waters of Noah. e. subterranean Exodus 20:4 (E), Deuteronomy 4:18; 5:8, compare Job 26:5; Psalm 136:6. f. in clouds Jeremiah 10:13; Job 26:8; Psalm 29:3 (twice in verse); 104:3; 148:4, etc. g. of rain Judges 5:4; 2 Samuel 21:10; Deuteronomy 11:11; Psalm 65:10; Job 5:10 ("" מָטָר), etc. h. of dew Judges 6:38. i. primÊval deep Genesis 1:2, 6 (P). 2 with proper names, of location (q. v.), to denote springs, streams, or seas belonging to, near, such places: מִצְרַיִם מֵימֵי Exodus 7:19; 8:2; מְרִיבָה מֵי (see above 1a); מֵרוֺם מֵי Joshua 11:5, 7; עֵיןשֶֿׁמֶשׁ מֵי 15:7; נֶפְתּוֺחַ מֵי 15:9; 18:15; יְרִיחוֺ מֵי 16:1; מְגִּדּוֺ מֵי Judges 5:19; נִמְרִ(י)ם מֵי Isaiah 15:6; Jeremiah 48:34; דִימוֺן מֵי Isaiah 15:9; compare הַשִּׁלֹּחַ מֵי 8:6; הָעֶלְיוֺן גִּיחוֺן מֵימֵי2 Chronicles 32:30; compare also proper name, of a location מַיִם מִשְׂרְפוֺת Joshua 11:8; 13:6. 3 special uses are: רַגְלַיִם מֵי water of the feet = urine 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12; compare בְּמֵי מַדְמֵנָה 25:10 Kt in water of a dunghill (> Qr בְּמוֺ); לַחַץ מַיִם water (which is) distress, because drunk in imprisonment 1 Kings 22:27 ("" לַחַץ לֶחֶם) = 2 Chronicles 18:26; בְּמֵישָֿׁ֑לֶג in snow-water Job 9:30 Qr (Kt במו; Me Hoffm Siegf כְּמוֺ), שֶׁלֶג מֵימֵי 24:19; קְדשִׁים מַיִם Numbers 5:17 holy water (compare RSSem.165, 2nd ed.181, but text dubious, see Di); הַמָּרִים מֵי bitter water 5:18-19, 23, 24; compare Exodus 15:23 (הֵם מָרִים כִּי), opposed to הַמַּיִם וַיִּמְתְּקוּ 15:25 and the waters were sweetened; נִדָּה מֵי חַטָּאת, מֵי see above 1a; חַיִּים מַיִם living (i.e. running) water Leviticus 14:5-6, 50, 51, 52; Numbers 19:17, also (figurative) Zechariah 14:8 (compare Ezekiel 47), and (figurative) Jeremiah 2:13; 17:13. See also below (compare Numbers 21:17-18, see RSSem.i.127.157; 2nd ed.135, 176). 4 among figurative uses are: a. of distress Isaiah 43:2; Psalm 66:12 ("" אֵשׁ), 69:2; Lamentations 3:54; usually many waters 2 Samuel 22:17 = Psalm 18:17, compare Job 22:11; Psalm 32:6; 144:7, or deep waters 69:3; 69:15, compare 69:16; also מֵירֿאֹשׁ water of gall Jeremiah 8:14; 9:14; 23:15. b. מַיִם מֶּרֶץ 2 Samuel 5:20 = 1 Chronicles 14:11 of outbursting force. c. שְׁאוֺן מַיִם Isaiah 17:12-13, of rushing nations. d. of what is impetuous, violent, overwhelming Isaiah 28:2, 17; Hosea 10:7; Job 27:20; Psalm 124:4; 124:5; 88:18; simileof impetuousness ם כַּמַּיִ מַּחַז Genesis 49:4. e. (as running away) of heart in timidity Joshua 7:5, compare Psalm 22:16, of knees Ezekiel 7:17; 21:12. f. of transitoriness Job 11:16; 24:18; Psalm 58:8. g. of refreshment Isaiah 32:2; 49:10; spiritual 12:3. h. מְנֻחוֺת מֵי Psalm 23:2 in figure of rest and peace, compare Jeremiah 31:9. i. of reckless bloodshed (poured out like water) Psalm 79:3; compare pouring away (and not eating) blood Deuteronomy 12:16, 24; 15:23. j. חַיִּים מַיִם בְּאֵר Song of Solomon 4:15 figurative of bride; מִבּוֺרֶ֑ךָ מַיִם Proverbs 5:15 of enjoyment of one's own wife; of harlotry גְּנוּבִים מַיִם 9:17 stolen waters. k. of outpoured wrath of ׳י Hosea 5:10. 1 of abundant justice Amos 5:24 masculine of outpoured feelings Job 3:24; לִבֵךְ כַמַּיִם שִׁפְכִי Lamentations 2:19. — Isaiah 48:1 read probably מִמְּעֵי for מִמֵּי ᵑ0, so Secker Du CheHpt Skinner, compare Di. |