2 Chronicles 6:33:32 Chr.6.33.W3TAB
מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
minhashamayim
“from the heavens”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- mihn-hah-shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /min.haʃ.ʃaˈmaː.jim/
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
- phraseyour reading level
tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI
- sentence
ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets et-she-ME-kha u-le-yir-A ot-KHA ke-am-KHA yis-ra-EL ve-la-DA-at ki-shim-KHA nik-RA al-ha-BA-yit ha-ZE a-SHER ba-NI-ti
Exegesis
Two parallel source phrases—min-ha-shamayim {מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | min-hā-šāmayim} ‘from the heavens’ and mi-mekhon shivtekha {מִמְּכוֹן שִׁבְתֶּךָ | mi-məkhon šivtəḵā} ‘from the place of Your dwelling’—intensify the image of God hearing from His exalted residence. The relative clause asher-yikra ...
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-y
“heavens”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:33
And You will hear from the heavens, from the established place of Your dwelling, and You will act according to everything that the foreigner calls to You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You as Your people Israel do, and so that they may know that Your name is called over this house which I have built.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 6:33, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (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.6.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.33.W3.S1) and character.