Genesis 2:4:3Gen.2.4.W3TAB
הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ha-A-rets be-hib-ba-re-AM
- sentence
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ha-A-rets be-hib-ba-re-AM be-YOM a-SOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM E-rets ve-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The nominal pair hashamayim vehaarets {הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ | haš-šā-ma-yim wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ} functions as the grammatical subject summarizing cosmic creation.
Root and etymology
š-m-yshin–mem–yod
“height, sky”
In context — Genesis 2:4
This is the record of the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created—when the LORD God made earth and heavens.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 2:4, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם (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 Gen.2.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.4.W3.S1) and character.