מַי
ma.yim
“water”
Definition
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);
- water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַי appears 489 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
Then 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.
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
Egypt rises like the Nile,and its waters churn like rivers,boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;I will destroy the cities and their people.’
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.