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Existence with יֵשׁ

BH-095Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

יֵשׁ מַיִם

Transliterationyesh mayim

Plain meaningthere is water

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

Existence with יֵשׁ

יֵשׁ explicitly states that something exists or is available. The following noun names what exists. This is different from a nominal sentence such as “the matter is good,” where no existential word is required.

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יֵשׁ מַיִם

ORIGINAL

BH-095

yesh mayim

READING

Approved transliteration

there is water

MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

REMEMBER

Existence with יֵשׁ

יֵשׁ answers “is there / does there exist?”