Genesis 27:39:12Gen.27.39.W12TAB
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yim
- 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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Word in context
- word
ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
u-mit-TAL ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
hin-NE mish-ma-NE ha-A-rets yih-YE mo-sha-VE-kha u-mit-TAL ha-sha-MA-yim me-AL
- sentence
va-YA-an yits-KHAK a-VIV va-YO-mer e-LAV hin-NE mish-ma-NE ha-A-rets yih-YE mo-sha-VE-kha u-mit-TAL ha-sha-MA-yim me-AL
Exegesis
The coordinating umital hashamayim {וּמִטַּ֥ל הַשָּׁמַיִם | û-mit-tal haš-šā-mā-yim} ‘and from the dew of the heavens’ pairs with the preceding phrase, and the adverbial meal {מֵעָֽל | mê-ʿāl} ‘from above’ heightens vertical imagery. The parallelism and the consistent use of min convey a pronouncement of exclusion from both earth’s bounty and heaven’s dew.
In context — Genesis 27:39
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold , away from the fatness of the earth shall be your dwelling, and away from the dew of the heavens from above.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:39:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 27:39, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (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.27.39.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.39.W12.S1) and character.