Proverbs 25:3:1Prov.25.3.W1TAB
שָׁמַ֣יִם
shamayim
“heavens”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- shaa-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| 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
sha-MA-yim
- clause
sha-MA-yim la-RUM va-A-rets la-O-mek
- sentence
sha-MA-yim la-RUM va-A-rets la-O-mek ve-LEV me-la-KHIM EN KHE-ker
Exegesis
The verse features synonymous parallelism between three pairs: shamayim {שָׁמַיִם | šā-mā-yim} ‘heavens’ with larum {לָרוּם | lā-rûm} ‘for height,’ va-aretz {וָאָרֶץ | wā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and earth’ with la-omek {לָעֹמֶק | lā-ʿō-meḳ} ‘for depth,’ and ve-lev melakhim {וְלֵב מְלָכִים | wə-lêḇ mə-lā-khîm} ‘and the heart of kings.’
Root and etymology
sh-m-yshin, mem, yod
“high, upper air”
In context — Proverbs 25:3
As the heavens are for height and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings cannot be searched .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 25:3, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֣יִם (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 Prov.25.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.3.W1.S1) and character.