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Mayim (מים) means water in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

מַיִם
mayim
noun · masculine
In English

water

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with מ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Mayim.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    נוזל הכרחי לקיום חיים, העשוי מפרודות בנות אטום אחד של חמצן ושניים של מימן.
    וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Mayim is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
מַיִם
Written without vowel points
מים
Said
mayim
Pattern
קַיִל
Inflections
מֵי־ גם מֵימֵי־
Gematria
90

This is how Mayim is said in other languages.

English
water
Arabic
ماء, مِياه
Russian
вода
French
eau
Spanish
agua
German
Wasser
Yiddish
װאַסער

These words rhyme with Mayim.

The word Mayim is part of these phrases and sayings.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

This is where the word Mayim comes from.

המלה נמצאת במקרא והיא משותפת למספר לשונות שמיות: למשל אוגריתית: מי, כנענית mūmi, ארמית: ܡܝ̈ܐ, ערבית: ماء, אכדית: 872, געז: ማይ, טיגרית: ማይ, הררית: ሚይ. במקור המשוער, מלשון קדם־אפרו־אסייתית maʔ, משם ללשון קדם־שמית מָיְ. מצרית קדומה mw בהוראת מים, גשם. מצוי בצורת הירוגליף:mw

These words come before and after Mayim in the dictionary.

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What does Mayim (⁨מים⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Mayim (⁨מים⁩) means water. It is said mayim, with the stress on ma.

What rhymes with Mayim (⁨מים⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Mayim (⁨מים⁩) include ⁨ירושלים⁩, ⁨שמיים⁩, ⁨מצרים⁩, ⁨מאזניים⁩, ⁨צוהריים⁩, and ⁨משקפיים⁩.

Is Mayim (⁨מים⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Mayim (⁨מים⁩) is a masculine noun.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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