2 Chronicles 2:6:62 Chr.2.6.W6TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:5
הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
KI ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
u-MI ya-a-TSAR-KO-akh li-ve-NOT-LO va-YIT KI ha-sha-MA-yim u-she-ME ha-sha-MA-yim LO ye-khal-ke-LU-hu
- sentence
u-MI ya-a-TSAR-KO-akh li-ve-NOT-LO va-YIT KI ha-sha-MA-yim u-she-ME ha-sha-MA-yim LO ye-khal-ke-LU-hu u-MI a-NI a-SHER e-VE-ne-LO va-YIT KI im-le-hak-TIR le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The concessive clause introduced by ki {כִּי | kî} “since” leads into the superlative idiom ha-shamayim u-shmei ha-shamayim {הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם | ha·šā·mā·yim ū·šə·mê ha·šā·mā·yim} “the heavens and the heavens of the heavens,” a Hebrew way of saying “the highest heavens.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:6
But who has the strength to build a house for Him , since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? And who am I that I should build a house for Him except to burn incense before Him?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:6:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 2:6, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם (hashamayim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.2.6.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.6.W6.S1) and character.