Job 20:6:2Job.20.6.W2TAB
לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם
lashamayim
“to the heavens”
- Transliteration
- la-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- lah-shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /laʃ.ʃaːˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-sha-MA-yim
- clause
im-ya-a-LE la-sha-MA-yim si-O
- sentence
im-ya-a-LE la-sha-MA-yim si-O ve-ro-SHO la-V ya-GI-a
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lashamayim {לַשָּׁמַיִם | laššāmayim} ‘to the heavens’ establishes vertical maximality, and sio {שִׂיאוֹ | śîʾô} ‘his height’ can denote literal elevation while also inviting a figurative reading of self-exaltation in context.
Root and etymology
sh-m-yshin–mem–yod
“heights, heavens”
In context — Job 20:6
If his height ascends to the heavens and his head reaches the clouds .
About this coordinate
Job 20:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:6, so the Hebrew word לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם (lashamayim) 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 Job.20.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.6.W2.S1) and character.