מים

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
מ־י־ם‎ (m-y-m)

From Proto-Semitic *māy-. Compare Aramaic מַיָּא‎ (mayyā), Arabic مَاء‎ (māʾ).

Noun

מַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)

1. (plural only) water

Usage notes

• The construct form מֵימֵי־‎ also occurs.

Derived terms

• בּוֹר מַיִם‎ (bor máyim)
• מַפַּל מַיִם‎
• מֵי גְּבִינָה‎
• מֵי חַמְצָן‎ (mé chamtsán)
• מֵימִי‎ (meymí)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: מים‎ (mayem)
  • → Dutch: majem

References

• H4325 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “מים” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מים‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he