Deuteronomy 9:1:16Deut.9.1.W16PAT
בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
bashamayim
“up to the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ba-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- bah-shah-MA-yeem
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- up to the heavens
- French
- jusqu’aux cieux
- Spanish
- hasta los cielos
- Portuguese
- até os céus
- German
- bis zu den Himmeln
- Russian
- до небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- حتى السماوات
- Hindi
- आसमानों तक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 直到天上
- Korean
- 하늘까지
- Indonesian
- sampai ke langit
- Bengali
- আকাশসমূহ পর্যন্ত
- Tagalog
- hanggang sa langit
- Swahili
- mpaka mbinguni
- Amharic
- እስከ ሰማያት
- Yoruba
- títí dé ọ̀run
- Igbo
- ruo n’eluigwe
- Twi
- kɔsi soro
- Ewe
- va ɖe dzi
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 | |
| 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
ba-sha-MA-yim
- clause
a-RIM ge-do-LOT oo-ve-tsu-ROT ba-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
she-MA yis-ra-EL a-TA o-VER ha-YOM et-ha-yar-DEN la-VO la-RE-shet go-YIM ge-do-LIM va-a-tsu-MIM mi-me-KHA a-RIM ge-do-LOT oo-ve-tsu-ROT ba-sha-MA-yim
In context — Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear Israel today you cross the Jordan come dispossess nations greater and mightier than you cities great and fortified up to the heavens
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 9:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 9:1, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (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 Deut.9.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.9.1.W16.S1) and character.