Deuteronomy 30:19:4Deut.30.19.W4PAT

אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם

ehthashamayim

the heavens

Transliteration
eht-ha-sha-MA-yim
Extended
eht-hah-sha-MAH-yim
IPA
/ʔɛt haʃaˈmajim/

Meaning by language

English
the heavens
French
les cieux
Spanish
los cielos
Portuguese
os céus
German
die Himmel
Russian
небеса
Arabic-Simplified
السماوات
Hindi
आकाश
Chinese-Simplified
诸天
Korean
하늘들
Indonesian
langit
Bengali
আকাশসমূহ
Tagalog
mga langit
Swahili
mbingu
Amharic
ሰማያት
Yoruba
ọ̀run
Igbo
eluigwe
Twi
soro
Ewe
dziƒo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶת + הַ + שָּׁ + מַ֣ + יִם
eht + ha + sha + ma + yim
ehthashamayim

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    eht-ha-sha-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    eht-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-eht-ha-A-retz

  3. clause

    ha-i-DO-ti ba-KHEM ha-YOM eht-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-eht-ha-A-retz ha-kha-YIM ve-ha-MA-vet na-ta-TI le-fa-NE-kha ha-be-ra-KHA ve-ha-ke-la-LA

  4. sentence

    ha-i-DO-ti ba-KHEM ha-YOM eht-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-eht-ha-A-retz ha-kha-YIM ve-ha-MA-vet na-ta-TI le-fa-NE-kha ha-be-ra-KHA ve-ha-ke-la-LA u-va-KHAR-ta ba-kha-YIM le-MA-an tikh-YE a-TA ve-zar-E-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 30:19

today I testify the heavens and the earth against you I have set before you life and death the blessing and the curse choose life so that you and your offspring live

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 30:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 30:19, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם (ehthashamayim) 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.30.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.30.19.W4.S1) and character.