Job 22:12:3Job.22.12.W3TAB
שָׁמָ֑יִם
shamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- shaa-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
sha-MA-yim
- clause
ha-LO-e-lo-AKH GO-va sha-MA-yim
- sentence
ha-LO-e-lo-AKH GO-va sha-MA-yim u-re-E ROSH kho-kha-VIM ki-RA-mu
Exegesis
The construct phrase govah shamayim {גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם | gō·ḇāh šā·mā·yim} expresses “height of the heavens.”
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water, waters”
In context — Job 22:12
Is it not God in the heights of heaven? And look at the highest stars, for they are exalted.
About this coordinate
Job 22:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 22:12, so the Hebrew word שָׁמָ֑יִם (shamayim) 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.22.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.12.W3.S1) and character.