1. water, waters — The primary and overwhelmingly dominant sense of mayim: water as a physical substance — encompassing drinking water, river and sea water, well and spring water, rain, flood water, ritual purification water, cosmic/primordial waters of creation, waters as part of place-names (waters of Meribah, waters of Megiddo), possessive forms (his/her/your/my/their/our waters), and all figurative extensions including simile (poured out like water) and metaphor (waters of distress, waters of abundance); Arabic ماء/مِيَاه, Korean 물, Swahili maji, Hindi पानी/जल. 582×
AR["الْ-مِيَاهُ","ماءً","ماءٌ","ماءٍ","مَاءً","مَاءٍ","مِيَاهًا","مِيَاهٍ"]·ben["জল","জলের","শিবা"]·DE["Wasser","von-Wasser"]·EN["water","waters"]·FR["eau","eaux"]·heb["מים"]·HI["जल","पनि","पानी","पानी-का"]·ID["air"]·IT["acqua","acque"]·jav["toya"]·KO["물","물-이","물들","물들이","물을","물의","물이"]·PT["de-águas","água","água.","águas","águas;"]·RU["вода","водами","воду","воды"]·ES["agua","aguas"]·SW["cha-maji","kwao","maji","na-akampa"]·TR["su","sular","suyu","suyun"]·urd["پانی","پانی-کا","پانی-کی","پانیوں"]
Gen 1:6, Gen 6:17, Gen 7:6, Gen 8:9, Gen 18:4, Gen 21:14, Gen 21:19, Gen 24:13, Gen 24:17, Gen 24:43, Gen 26:19, Gen 26:32 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. sense 2 1×
AR["[من]"]·ben["[কে]"]·DE["Wasser"]·EN["ketiv"]·FR["eau"]·heb["מי"]·HI["कौन-मेरे-साथ"]·IT["acqua"]·jav["[sinten]"]·KO["[누가]"]·PT["[quem]"]·RU["[кто]"]·ES["[quién]"]·SW["nani"]·TR["[kim]"]·urd["[کون]"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
[מַי580] n.m. 2 S 14:14 only pl. מַ֫יִם waters, water (NH id.; MI 23 [ין]מ; SI 5 המים; Aramaic מַיָּא, מַיִּין, ܡܰܝܴ̈ܐ; Assyrian mû, pl. mê, also mâmu DlHWB 394; Arabic مَآءٌ; Ethiopic ማይ, pl. ማያት; Sab. [מו], מום, pl. מון, Min. [מה], pl. מהן DHM6th Or. Congr. (Leiden) ii. 1, 451 f. (v. on these forms BaZMG xiii, 1888, 341 ff.));—מַ֫יִם (מָ֑יִם) Gn 1:2 +; הַמַּ֫יְמָה Ex 7:15; 8:16; cstr. מֵי Gn…