Proverbs 23:5:13Prov.23.5.W13TAB
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
hashamayim
“toward the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shaa-MAA-yeem
- IPA
- /haʃʃaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward 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 | |
| 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
ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ke-NE-sher va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
he-ta-UF ha-TA-if e-NE-kha BO ve-EI-NE-nu KI a-SO ya-a-SE-LO ke-na-FA-yim ke-NE-sher va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The vav consecutive perfect ve'af {וְעָף | wə·’āp̄} ‘and it flew’ followed by the imperfect ya'uf {יָעוּף | yā·‘uf} ‘it will fly’ employs paronomasia to intensify the motion toward hashamayim {הַשָּׁמַיִם | haš·šā·mayim} ‘the heavens.’
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-y
“sky; heavens”
In context — Proverbs 23:5
Will you set your eyes on it—and it is gone? For surely it makes itself wings, like an eagle, and flies away toward the heavens.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Proverbs 23:5, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (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 Prov.23.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.5.W13.S1) and character.