What does מַיִם · בּוֹא mean in the Bible?
מַיִם · בּוֹא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen".
Hebrew · H4325, H935
בַּמַּיִם יוּבָא
Water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen · to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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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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בּוֹא H935 to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Pronunciation bwōʾ
Foundational motion verb expressing entry, arrival, and transition; fundamental to covenant theology and divine-human encounter narratives.
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What does בַּמַּיִם יוּבָא (bammayim yûḇāʾ) mean in the Bible?
מַיִם · בּוֹא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4325, H935?
H4325, H935 is connected to 3,174 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Strong's H4325, H935
Lexical occurrences 3,174 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