II. [
מוֺ] =
מַי water.
[
מַי]
580 noun masculine 2 Samuel 14:14 only plural
מַ֫יִם waters, water (Late Hebrew
id.; MI
23 [
ין]
מ; SI
5 המים; Aramaic
מַיָּא,
מַיִּין,
Assyrian
mû, plural
mê, also
mâmu Dl
HWB 394; Arabic
Ethiopic
, plural
; Sabean [
מו],
מום plural מון, Minaean [
מה], plural
מהן DHM
6th Or. Congr. (Leiden) ii. 1, 451 f. (see on these forms Ba
ZMG xiii.1888, 341 ff.)); —
מַ֫יִם (
מָ֑יִם)
Genesis 1:2 +;
הַמַּ֫יְמָה Exodus 7:15;
Exodus 8:16; construct
מֵי Genesis 7:7 +
71 times;
מֵימֵי Exodus 4:9 +
10 times + Qr
2 Kings 18:27 =
Isaiah 36:12; suffix
מֵימַי Hosea 2:7 +
1 Samuel 25:11 (but read here
יֵינִי Ew Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu);
מֵימֶ֫יךָ Exodus 23:25 +
3 times;
מֵימָיו Numbers 20:8 +
6 times;
מֵימֶיהָ Jeremiah 6:7;
Jeremiah 50:38;
מֵימֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4;
מֵימֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19 +
4 times; —
waters, water (with 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;
Numbers 27:14;
2 Kings 2:21 +; compare suffix
Joshua 4:18; before plural verb
Genesis 1:9,
20,
21;
Genesis 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;
Numbers 24:7;
Numbers 33:14;
2 Kings 3:9; after,
Numbers 19:13,
20); —
1.
a. water of a spring or well (
עַיִן,
בְּאֵר)
Genesis 16:7;
Genesis 24:11,
13 (twice in verse);
Genesis 24:43;
Exodus 15:27 (twice in verse) (J),
Genesis 21:19,
25;
Numbers 20:17;
Numbers 21:16 (E), etc.; for drinking, also
Amos 4:8;
Amos 8:11;
Jonah 3:7 + often; out of rock
Exodus 17:6 (E),
Numbers 20:8 (twice in verse);
Numbers 20:10,
11 (P),
Deuteronomy 8:15 etc.;
מֵי מְרִיבָה (RS
Semitic i. 165; 2nd ed. 181)
Numbers 20:13,
24;
Numbers 27:14 (P),
Deuteronomy 33:8;
Psalm 81:8;
Psalm 106:32; compare
Deuteronomy 32:51;
Ezekiel 47:19;
Ezekiel 48:28; for washing (hands, feet, person)
Genesis 18:4;
Genesis 24:32;
Genesis 43:24 (J),
2 Kings 3:11;
Exodus 29:4;
Exodus 30:20;
Leviticus 15:5,
6 + (P); (victims)
Leviticus 1:9,
13;
Leviticus 8:21 (P); (vessels)
Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 12:32; Leviticus 12:34 (P); (garments)
Leviticus 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 (
מֵי חַטָּאת)
Numbers 19:9 (
מֵי נִדָּה), compare
Numbers 19:13;
Numbers 19:18;
Numbers 19:20;
Numbers 19:21; Numbers 19:31;
Numbers 31:23 (twice in verse) (all P),
Ezekiel 36:25 (figurative).
b. of a river, Nile
Exodus 2:10;
Exodus 4:9 (twice in verse) (J),
Jeremiah 2:18 etc.; Jordan
Joshua 3:8 (D),
Joshua 3:15;
Joshua 3:16 (JE), etc.; Euphrates
Isaiah 8:7 (figurative),
Jeremiah 2:18; Ezekiel's river
Ezekiel 47:1 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 47:2 +, etc.; of streams, canals, etc., especially, as condition of fertility
Deuteronomy 8:7;
Deuteronomy 10:7;
Isaiah 1:30;
Proverbs 30:16;
2 Kings 3:17 +, etc.
3. special uses are:
מֵי רַגְלַיִם water of the feet = urine
2 Kings 18:27 =
Isaiah 36:12; compare
מַדְמֵנָה בְּמֵי Isaiah 25:10 Kt
in water of a dunghill (> Qr
בְּמוֺ);
מַיִם לַחַץ water (which is)
distress, because drunk in imprisonment
1 Kings 22:27 (||
לֶחֶם לַחַץ) =
2 Chronicles 18:26;
בְּמֵישָֿׁ֑לֶג in snow-water Job 9:30 Qr (Kt
במו; Me Hoffm Siegf
כְּמוֺ),
מֵימֵי שֶׁלֶג Job 24:19;
מַיִם קְדשִׁים Numbers 5:17 holy water (compare RS
Sem.165, 2nd ed.181, but text dubious, see Di);
מֵי הַמָּרִים bitter water Numbers 5:18,
19,
23,
24; compare
Exodus 15:23 (
כִּי מָרִים הֵם), opposed to
וַיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמַּיִם Exodus 15:25 and the waters were sweetened;
מֵי חַטָּאת,
מֵי נִדָּה see above
1a;
מַיִם חַיִּים 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;
Jeremiah 17:13. See also below (compare
Numbers 21:17,
18; see RS
Sem.i.127.157; 2nd ed.135,176).
4. among figurative uses are:
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