2 Kings 21:5:42 Kgs.21.5.W4TAB
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
hashamayim
“of the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaːˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim bish-TE kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
It is further qualified by the construct lekol tseva hashamayim {לְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם | lə-kāl-ṣəḇāʾ haššāmayim} ‘to all the host of the heavens’, highlighting the scope of idolatrous worship.
In context — 2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 21:5, 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.21.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.5.W4.S1) and character.