Exodus 17:14:16Exod.17.14.W16TAB
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
hashamayim
“heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃa.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- clause
ki-ma-KHO em-KHEH et-ZE-kher a-ma-LEK mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a ki-ma-KHO em-KHEH et-ZE-kher a-ma-LEK mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The spatial phrase mitachat hashamayim {מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם | min-ta-ḥat haš-šā-mā-yim} conveys universal scope and is rendered “from under the heavens” (formal) and “from beneath the sky” (dynamic), maintaining cosmic breadth.
Root and etymology
mem-yod-memmem-yod-mem
“water”
In context — Exodus 17:14
The LORD said to Moses, “Write this in the scroll as a memorial , and speak it so that Joshua hears it, for I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 17:14, 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 Exod.17.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.14.W16.S1) and character.