Deuteronomy 17:3:12Deut.17.3.W12PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAH-yeem
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- les cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- os céus
- German
- die Himmel
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 诸天
- Korean
- 하늘들
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশসমূহ
- Tagalog
- mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- ሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọrun
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro
- Ewe
- dukɔ
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 | |
| 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
ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
le-KHOL-TSVA ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
veh-la-SHEH-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-TSVA ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti
- sentence
va-YE-lekh va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-YISH-TA-khu la-HEM veh-la-SHEH-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-TSVA ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti
In context — Deuteronomy 17:3
went served gods other bowed down to them and to the sun or to the moon or to all the host the heavens which did not command
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 17:3, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (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 Deut.17.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.3.W12.S1) and character.