2 Kings 21:3:202 Kgs.21.3.W20TAB
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
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
le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER i-BAD khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM
Exegesis
The phrase le-kol ṣəḇāʾ haššāmayim {לְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם} ‘to all the host of the heavens’ designates astral deities. English renders the Hitpael stem in vayyishtāḥû reflexively as ‘prostrated himself’, preserving its nuance, and integrates the sequence fluidly while reflecting the Hebrew chaining.
In context — 2 Kings 21:3
And he returned and built the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he prostrated himself to all the host of the heavens and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:3:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 21:3, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (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.21.3.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.3.W20.S1) and character.