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Her father also asks what she wants; at her request he gives her the upper and lower springs in the Negev (named Gulloth-mayim in Judges).
Achsah: Bible. 2009
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“Waters Did Gather” (Ma'amar be-yiqqawu ha-mayim), as shown by Resianne Fontaine in her critical edition and English translation of the former (Fontaine 1995).
Influence of Arabic and Islamic Philosophy on Judaic Thought Zonta, Mauro 2007
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What could not be claimed by right of possession from Abraham's time was contested, especially in this case where "running water" (Hebrew idiom: "living water," mayim chayyim) was found.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Therefore the author inserted an appositional mayim, "waters," to indicate at once what manner of destruction was meant.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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The water of "separation" or of purification as designated in the Hebrew text is not mayim hayim, pure water, but mayim tahorim, water of purification, - a fluid made of the ashes of
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Wine he calls a septuagenarian, the letters of the Hebrew word for wine (_yayin_) representing seventy, and water a nonagenarian, because _mayim_ (water) represents ninety:
Jewish Literature and Other Essays Gustav Karpeles 1878
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I wish, sir, they were mayim, hayim for your sake, I do indeed, sir, I wish they were living waters.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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I wish, sir, they were mayim, hayim for your sake, I do indeed, sir, I wish they were living waters.
The Bible in Spain 1712
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