2 Chronicles 6:21:142 Chr.6.21.W14TAB
מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
minhashamayim
“from the heavens”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- mihn-hah-shah-MA-yihm
- IPA
- /min.haʃ.ʃaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-a-TA tish-MA mim-me-KOM shiv-te-KHA min-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-sha-MA-ta ve-sa-LAKH-ta
- sentence
ve-sha-MA-ta el-ta-kha-nu-NE av-de-KHA ve-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL a-SHER yit-pa-le-LU el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-a-TA tish-MA mim-me-KOM shiv-te-KHA min-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-sha-MA-ta ve-sa-LAKH-ta
Exegesis
The second clause parallelism in ve-atta tishma {וְאַתָּה תִּשְׁמַע | wəʾattā tišmaʿ} and veshamata vesalachta {וְשָׁמַעְתָּ וְסָלָחְתָּ | wəšāmāʿtā wəśālāḥtā} ‘and you shall hear and forgive’ underscores the petition’s earnestness, while mimkom shivtecha min-hashamayim {מִמְּקוֹם שִׁבְתְּךָ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | mimməqôm šibbətəḵā min-haššāmāyîm} locates divine response in heaven. The repetition of “hear” elevates the prayer’s intensity and the shift from individual to corporate frames communal devotion.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-y
“heavens”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:21
And You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from Your dwelling place in heaven, and when You hear, forgive.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 6:21, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (minhashamayim) 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.6.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.21.W14.S1) and character.