Proverbs 30:19:3Prov.30.19.W3TAB
בַּשָּׁמַיִם֮
bashamayim
“in the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ba-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- bah-shah-MA-yihm
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃaˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
DE-rekh ha-NE-sher ba-sha-MA-yim
- clause
DE-rekh ha-NE-sher ba-sha-MA-yim DE-rekh na-KHASH a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM
- sentence
DE-rekh ha-NE-sher ba-sha-MA-yim DE-rekh na-KHASH a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM ve-DE-rekh GE-ver be-AL-ma
Exegesis
The first clause, hanesher ba-shamayim {הַנֶּשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם | han-nê-šêr ba-šā-mā-yim} ‘the eagle in the heavens’, is followed by the second clause, nachash alei tzur {נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי צוּר | nā-ḥāš ʿă-lê ṣūr} ‘serpent upon rock’.
In context — Proverbs 30:19
The way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 30:19, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׁמַיִם֮ (bashamayim) 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.30.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.19.W3.S1) and character.