2 Kings 23:5:202 Kgs.23.5.W20TAB
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shaa-MAA-yihm
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ET-ha-me-kat-te-RIM la-BA-al la-SHE-mesh ve-la-ya-RE-akh ve-la-ma-za-LOT u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-hish-BIT ET-ha-ke-ma-RIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT be-a-RE ye-hu-DA u-me-si-BE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-ET-ha-me-kat-te-RIM la-BA-al la-SHE-mesh ve-la-ya-RE-akh ve-la-ma-za-LOT u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The nominalized participle hamməqaṭṭērîm {הַֽמְקַטְּרִים | hamməqaṭṭērîm} ‘those who burn incense’ then enumerates its targets through repeated prepositions—labbāʿal {לַבַּ֗עַל | labbāʿal} ‘to Baal’, läššemeš {לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ | läššemeš} ‘to the sun’, wəlayyārēaḥ {וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙ | wəlayyārēaḥ} ‘to the moon’, wəlammazzālōṯ {וְלַמַּזָּל֔וֹת | wəlammazzālōṯ} ‘to the constellations’, and ūləḵōl ṣǝḇāʾ haššāmayim {וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֥א הַשָּׁמָֽיִם | ūləḵōl ṣǝḇāʾ haššāmayim} ‘and to the entire host of heaven’. This structure underscores the comprehensive scope of Josiah’s purge of astral worship.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־י
“heaven, sky”
In context — 2 Kings 23:5
And he abolished the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed, those who burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem, and also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:5:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 23:5, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (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.23.5.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.5.W20.S1) and character.