mayim, “waters,” strong’s H4325

The first occurrence.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. Gen 1:2

The primitive root.

Strong’s H4325 mayim, plural of a concrete noun meaning, “waters;” from an unnamed, unused 3-letter root, which is, according to Gesenius, mem + vav + aleph.

mem מ, ם  = the water, thus chaos, mighty, blood
vav ו  = the tent peg, thus add, secure, hook
aleph א  = the ox head, thus strength, power, leader

The story: Water (mem) to which is added (vav) strength (aleph), i.e. waters, a great amount of water, thus sea.

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