Hebrew · H4325, H935 · unreviewed

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 word meaning "water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen".

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Meaning

water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 1143 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form
Perfect 431 Imperfect 427 Participle 177 Imperative 60 Infinitive construct 35 Infinitive absolute 7 Participle passive 4 Cohortative 2
Stem
Qal 935 Hiphil 193 Hophal 15
Mood
Indicative 431 Indicative/jussive 349 Imperative 60 Indicative/cohortative 54 Jussive 24
OT Occurrences
Gen 4:4 Hiphil · Perfect · Indicative Gen 6:4 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Gen 6:13 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 6:17 Hiphil · Participle Gen 6:19 Hiphil · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Gen 6:20 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Gen 7:1 Qal · Imperative · Imperative Gen 7:9 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 7:13 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 7:16 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 14:5 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 15:15 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Gen 15:17 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 16:2 Qal · Imperative · Imperative Gen 16:8 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 18:11 Qal · Participle Gen 18:19 Hiphil · Infinitive construct Gen 19:5 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 19:8 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 19:9 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 19:23 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 20:9 Hiphil · Perfect · Indicative Gen 20:13 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/cohortative Gen 23:10 Qal · Participle Gen 23:18 Qal · Participle Gen 24:1 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 24:31 Qal · Imperative · Imperative Gen 24:41 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Gen 24:62 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 24:63 Qal · Participle Gen 26:27 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 27:30 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 27:33 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive Gen 27:35 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 28:11 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 29:6 Qal · Participle Gen 29:9 Qal · Perfect · Indicative Gen 30:3 Qal · Imperative · Imperative Gen 30:11 Qal · Participle Gen 30:16 Qal · Imperfect · Indicative/jussive +1103 more occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

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