What does מַיִם · תַּחַת · אֶרֶץ mean in the Bible?
מַיִם · תַּחַת · אֶרֶץ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen".
Hebrew · H4325, H8478, H776
מַיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ
Water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen · the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc. · the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
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מַיִם H4325 water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Pronunciation mayim
Foundational necessity moving from literal substance to bodily fluids; water as life-sustaining element throughout OT narrative and metaphor.
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תַּחַת H8478 the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.
Pronunciation tachtav
Spatial foundation shifting to substitution: beneath becomes "in place of" or "instead of" through positional logic.
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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What does מַיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ (mayim mittachat la'arets) mean in the Bible?
מַיִם · תַּחַת · אֶרֶץ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4325, H8478, H776?
H4325, H8478, H776 is connected to 3,598 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Strong's H4325, H8478, H776
Lexical occurrences 3,598 verses Source Gloss
water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain