Exodus 10:21:6Exod.10.21.W6PAT
עַל־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
alhashamayim
“toward the heavens”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- ahl-hah-shah-MAA-yeem
- IPA
- /ʕal.haʃ.ʃaˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the heavens
- French
- vers les cieux
- Spanish
- hacia los cielos
- Portuguese
- para os céus
- German
- zu den Himmeln
- Russian
- к небесам
- Arabic-Simplified
- نَحْوَ السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों की ओर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向着诸天
- Korean
- 하늘들을 향하여
- Indonesian
- ke arah langit
- Bengali
- আকাশমণ্ডলের দিকে
- Tagalog
- patungo sa mga langit
- Swahili
- kuelekea mbingu
- Amharic
- ወደ ሰማያት
- Yoruba
- sí àwọn ọ̀run
- Igbo
- n'ebe eluigwe
- Twi
- kɔ soro
- Ewe
- ɖe dzifowo ŋu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ne-TEH YAD-kha al-ha-sha-MA-yim vi-HI KHO-shekh al-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ne-TEH YAD-kha al-ha-sha-MA-yim vi-HI KHO-shekh al-E-rets mits-RA-yim ve-ya-MESH KHO-shekh
In context — Exodus 10:21
and he said LORD to Moses stretch out your hand toward the heavens and let there be darkness over the land Egypt and one may feel darkness
About this coordinate
Exodus 10:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 10:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (alhashamayim) 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 Exod.10.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.10.21.W6.S1) and character.