Lexical Definition

‎מַיִם‎ mayim (mah'-yim) water ^H:N-M
dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)

[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

• water
• figuratively, juice
• by euphemism, urine, semen

1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

See Greek: ἔθνος · ἡμέρα · ὑδροποτέω · ὕδωρ · ὑετός

Extended Information

• This name means water, refreshment

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎מוֺ‎] = ‎מַי‎ water.

[‎מַי‎]₅₈₀ noun masculine^{2Sam 14:14} only plural ‎מַ֫יִם‎ waters, water (Late Hebrew id.; MI²³ [‎ין‎]‎מ‎; SI⁵ ‎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) Gen 1:2 +; ‎הַמַּ֫יְמָה‎ Exod 7:15; Exod 8:16* construct ‎מֵי‎ Gen 7:7 + 71 t.; ‎מֵימֵי‎ Exod 4:9 + 10 t. + Qr 2Kgs 18:27 = Isa 36:12 suffix ‎מֵימַי‎ Hos 2:7* + 1Sam 25:11 (but read here ‎יֵינִי‎ ᵐ5 Ew Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu); ‎מֵימֶ֫יךָ‎ Exod 23:25 + 3 t.; ‎מֵימָיו‎ Num 20:8 + 6 t.; ‎מֵימֶיהָ‎ Jer 6:7; Jer 50:38 ‎מֵימֵינוּ‎ Lam 5:4 ‎מֵימֵיהֶם‎ Exod 7:19 + 4 t.; — waters, water (c. adjective plural Gen 26:19; Exod 15:10; Lev 14:5; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:50 + often, so always with adjective; also with plural participle Num 5:18; Num 5:19; Num 5:24; 2Kgs 3:20 +; with plural pronoun Num 20:13; Num 27:14; 2Kgs 2:21 +; compare suffix Josh 4:18 before plural verb Gen 1:9; Gen 1:20; Gen 1:21; Gen 7:17 + often; after plural verb Josh 3:13; Isa 28:17; Prov 9:17; Ezek 31:4 +; rarely with singular verb; before, Gen 9:15; Lev 11:34; Num 20:2; Num 24:7; Num 33:14; 2Kgs 3:9 after, Num 19:13; Num 19:20); —

1. a. water of a spring or well (‎עַיִן‎, ‎בְּאֵר‎) Gen 16:7; Gen 24:11; Gen 24:13 (twice in verse); Gen 24:43; Exod 15:27 (twice in verse) (J), Gen 21:19; Gen 21:25; Num 20:17; Num 21:16 (E), etc.; for drinking, also Amos 4:8; Amos 8:11; Jonah 3:7 + often; out of rock Exod 17:6 (E), Num 20:8 (twice in verse); Num 20:10; Num 20:11 (P), Deut 8:15 etc.; ‎מֵי מְרִיבָה‎ (RS^{Semitic i. 165; 2nd ed. 181}) Num 20:13; Num 20:24; Num 27:14 (P), Deut 33:8; Ps 81:8*; Ps 106:32 compare Deut 32:51; Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28 for washing (hands, feet, person) Gen 18:4; Gen 24:32; Gen 43:24 (J), 2Kgs 3:11; Exod 29:4; Exod 30:20; Lev 15:5; Lev 15:6 + (P); (victims) Lev 1:9; Lev 1:13; Lev 8:21 (P); (vessels) Lev 6:21*; Lev 12:32; Lev 12:34 (P); (garments) Lev 15:17; Num 19:8 (P); for cooking Exod 12:9 (P), compare Isa 64:1*; Ezek 24:3 (symbolic); for purification Num 8:7 (‎מֵי חַטָּאת‎) Num 19:9 (‎מֵי נִדָּה‎), compare vNum 19:13 vNum 19:18 vNum 19:20 vNum 19:21 vNum 19:31; Num 31:23 (twice in verse) (all P), Ezek 36:25 (figurative).
b. of a river, Nile Exod 2:10; Exod 4:9 (twice in verse) (J), Jer 2:18 etc.; Jordan Josh 3:8 (D), vJosh 3:15 vJosh 3:16 (JE), etc.; Euphrates Isa 8:7 (figurative), Jer 2:18 Ezekiel's river Ezek 47:1 (twice in verse); Ezek 47:2 +, etc.; of streams, canals, etc., especially, as condition of fertility Deut 8:7; Deut 10:7; Isa 1:30; Prov 30:16; 2Kgs 3:17 +, etc.
c. of sea Amos 5:8; Amos 9:6 Red Sea Exod 15:8; Exod 15:10; Exod 15:19 (song), Exod 14:21; Exod 14:22; Exod 14:26 + (P), Josh 2:10 (D), etc.
d. of flood Gen 7:7; Gen 7:10; Gen 8:3; Gen 8:7; Gen 8:8; Gen 8:9; Gen 8:11 (J), Gen 6:17; Gen 7:6; Gen 7:17; Gen 7:18 (twice in verse); Gen 7:19; Gen 8:5; Gen 9:11; Gen 9:15 (P); so ‎מֵינֹֿחַ‎ Isa 54:9 (twice in verse) waters of Noah.
e. subterranean Exod 20:4 (E), Deut 4:18; Deut 5:8, compare Job 26:5; Ps 136:6. feminine in clouds Jer 10:13; Job 26:8; Ps 29:3 (twice in verse); Ps 104:3; Ps 148:4, etc.
g. of rain Judg 5:4; 2Sam 21:10; Deut 11:11; Ps 65:10*; Job 5:10 (|| ‎מָטָר‎), etc.
h. of dew Judg 6:38.
i. primÊval deep Gen 1:2; Gen 1:6 (P).

2. with proper names, of location (q. v.), to denote springs, streams, or seas belonging to, near, such places: ‎מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם‎ Exod 7:19; Exod 8:2* ‎מֵי מְרִיבָה‎ (see above 1 a); ‎מֵי מֵרוֺם‎ Josh 11:5; Josh 11:7 ‎מֵי עֵיןשֶֿׁמֶשׁ‎ Josh 15:7 ‎מֵי נֶפְתּוֺחַ‎ Josh 15:9; Josh 18:15 ‎מֵי יְרִיחוֺ‎ Josh 16:1 ‎מֵי מְגִּדּוֺ‎ Judg 5:19 ‎מֵי נִמְרִ(י)ם‎ Isa 15:6; Jer 48:34 ‎מֵי דִימוֺן‎ Isa 15:9 compare ‎מֵי הַשִּׁלֹּחַ‎ Isa 8:6 ‎מֵימֵי גִּיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן‎ 2Chr 32:30 compare also proper name, of a location ‎מִשְׂרְפוֺת מַיִם‎ Josh 11:8; Josh 13:6.

3. special uses are: ‎מֵי רַגְלַיִם‎ water of the feet = urine 2Kgs 18:27 = Isa 36:12 compare ‎מַדְמֵנָה בְּמֵי‎ Isa 25:10 Kt in water of a dunghill (> Qr ‎בְּמוֺ‎); ‎מַיִם לַחַץ‎ water (which is) distress, because drunk in imprisonment 1Kgs 22:27 (|| ‎לֶחֶם לַחַץ‎) = 2Chr 18:26 ‎בְּמֵישָֿׁ֑לֶג‎ in snow-water Job 9:30 Qr (Kt ‎במו‎; Me Hoffm Siegf ‎כְּמוֺ‎), ‎מֵימֵי שֶׁלֶג‎ Job 24:19 ‎מַיִם קְדשִׁים‎ Num 5:17 holy water (compare RS^{Sem.165, 2nd ed.181}, but text dubious, see Di); ‎מֵי הַמָּרִים‎ bitter water Num 5:18; Num 5:19; Num 5:23; Num 5:24 compare Exod 15:23 (‎כִּי מָרִים הֵם‎), opposed to ‎וַיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמַּיִם‎ vExod 15:25 and the waters were sweetened; ‎מֵי חַטָּאת‎, ‎מֵי נִדָּה‎ see above 1 a; ‎מַיִם חַיִּים‎ living (i.e. running) water Lev 14:5; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:50; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52; Num 19:17, also (figurative) Zech 14:8 (compare Ezek 47), and (figurative) Jer 2:13; Jer 17:13. See also below (compare Num 21:17; Num 21:18 see RS^{Sem.i.127.157; 2nd ed.135,176}).

4. among figurative uses are:
a. of distress Isa 43:2; Ps 66:12 (|| ‎אֵשׁ‎), Ps 69:2*; Lam 3:54 usually many waters 2Sam 22:17 = Ps 18:17*, compare Job 22:11; Ps 32:6; Ps 144:7, or deep waters Ps 69:3*; Ps 69:15*, compare vPs 69:16* also ‎מֵירֿאֹשׁ‎ water of gall Jer 8:14; Jer 9:14*; Jer 23:15.
b. ‎פֶּרֶץ מַיִם‎ 2Sam 5:20 = 1Chr 14:11 of outbursting force.
c. ‎מַיִם שְׁאוֺן‎ Isa 17:12; Isa 17:13 of rushing nations.
d. of what is impetuous, violent, overwhelming Isa 28:2; Isa 28:17; Hos 10:7; Job 27:20; Ps 124:4; Ps 124:5; Ps 88:18* simileof impetuousness ‎פַּחַז כַּמַּיִ ם‎ Gen 49:4.
e. (as running away) of heart in timidity Josh 7:5, compare Ps 22:16*, of knees Ezek 7:17; Ezek 21:12*. feminine of transitoriness Job 11:16; Job 24:18; Ps 58:8*.
g. of refreshment Isa 32:2; Isa 49:10 spiritual Isa 12:3.
h. ‎מֵי מְנֻחוֺת‎ Ps 23:2 in figure of rest and peace, compare Jer 31:9.
i. of reckless bloodshed (poured out like water) Ps 79:3 compare pouring away (and not eating) blood Deut 12:16; Deut 12:24; Deut 15:23.
j. ‎בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים‎ Song 4:15 figurative of bride; ‎מַיִם מִבּוֺרֶ֑ךָ‎ Prov 5:15 of enjoyment of one's own wife; of harlotry ‎מַיִם גְּנוּבִים‎ Prov 9:17 stolen waters.
k. of outpoured wrath of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Hos 5:10.

1. of abundant justice Amos 5:24 masculine of outpoured feelings Job 3:24 ‎שִׁפְכִי כַמַּיִם לִבֵךְ‎ Lam 2:19. — Isa 48:1 read probably ‎מִמְּעֵי‎ for ᵑ0 ‎מִמֵּי‎, so Secker Du Che^{Hpt Skinner}, compare Di.

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Water Gate • A gate in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah

The Water Gate, one of the gates in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah and associated with the reading of the Law and the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles (Neh. 3:26; 8:1, 3, 16; 12:37).

• A location in Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם first mentioned at Neh.3.26;
• only referred to as Water_Gate מַיִם.
  

The Water Gate was one of the gates in the wall of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah in connection with the city's rebuilding and spiritual renewal. During the reconstruction of Jerusalem's walls, the Nethinim (temple servants) and the merchants made repairs on the wall as far as the Water Gate (Neh. 3:26). Later, when Ezra the scribe read the Book of the Law to the people, he did so in the square before the Water Gate (Neh. 8:1, 3). The people listened attentively and responded with worship and repentance. During the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles, the people gathered at the Water Gate to hear the Law read and to celebrate the feast (Neh. 8:16). The Water Gate is also mentioned in the description of the dedication of the rebuilt wall, where two choirs proceeded along the wall in opposite directions, with one group going past the Water Gate (Neh. 12:37). The exact location of the Water Gate is not specified in the Bible, but it was likely situated on the eastern side of Jerusalem, near the Gihon Spring, which provided a vital water source for the city. The Water Gate's association with the reading of the Law and the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles emphasizes its importance as a place of spiritual renewal and community gathering in post-exilic Jerusalem.

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