Exodus 20:11:5Exod.20.11.W5TAB
אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם
ethashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- et-hah-sha-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ʃaˈma.jiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets
- clause
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE
- sentence
KI sheh-shet-yah-MIM a-SA Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-sha-MA-yim veh-et-ha-A-rets et-ha-YAM veh-et-kol-a-sher-BAM va-ya-NAKH ba-YOM hash-vee-EE al-KEN be-RAKH Ye-ho-VAH et-YOM hash-sha-BAT va-ye-kad-SHE-hu
Exegesis
A meristic series of direct objects—et ha-shamayim {אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם | ʾeṯ-haš-šā-mā-yim}, ve’et ha-arets {וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ | wə-ʾeṯ-hā-ʾā-reṣ}, et ha-yam {אֶת־הַיָּם | ʾeṯ-hay-yām}, ve’et kol asher bam {וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם | wə-ʾeṯ-kāl-ʾă-šer-bām}—lists creation domains inclusively.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-m-y
“heights, sky”
In context — Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD created the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is within them, and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 20:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם (ethashamayim) 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.20.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.11.W5.S1) and character.