2 Kings 14:27:72 Kgs.14.27.W7TAB
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yeem
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaːˈmaːjim/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
- clause
ve-LO-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH lim-KHOT et-SHEM yis-ra-EL mi-ta-KHAT ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-LO-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH lim-KHOT et-SHEM yis-ra-EL mi-ta-KHAT ha-sha-MA-yim va-yo-shi-EM be-YAD ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH
Exegesis
The noun shem {שֵׁם | šēm} ‘name’ functions metonymically for Israel’s identity, while the idiomatic phrase mitachat hashamayim {מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם | mitakḥāt haššāmāyim} ‘from under the heavens’ denotes the entire sphere of existence.
In context — 2 Kings 14:27
And the LORD had not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (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 Kgs.14.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.27.W7.S1) and character.