Exodus 9:22:6Exod.9.22.W6PAT
עַל־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
alhashamayim
“toward the heavens”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- ahl-hah-shah-MAH-yeem
- IPA
- /ʕal.haʃ.ʃaːˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the heavens
- French
- vers les cieux
- Spanish
- hacia los cielos
- Portuguese
- para os céus
- German
- gegen den Himmel
- Russian
- к небесам
- Arabic-Simplified
- نحو السموات
- Hindi
- आकाश की ओर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向天
- Korean
- 하늘을 향하여
- Indonesian
- ke langit
- Bengali
- আকাশের দিকে
- Tagalog
- patungo sa langit
- Swahili
- kuelekea mbinguni
- Amharic
- ወደ ሰማያት
- Yoruba
- sí ọrun
- Igbo
- n'ebe eluigwe
- Twi
- kɔ soro
- Ewe
- ɖe dziƒowo 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-SHE ne-TE et-yad-KHA al-ha-sha-MA-yim vi-HI va-RAD be-KHOL-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ne-TE et-yad-KHA al-ha-sha-MA-yim vi-HI va-RAD be-KHOL-E-rets mits-RA-yim al-ha-a-DAM ve-al-ha-be-he-MA ve-AL kol-E-sev ha-sa-DE be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 9:22
and said LORD to Moses stretch out your hand toward the heavens and let there be hail in all the land of Egypt on man and on the beast and on every plant of the field in the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 9:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 9:22, 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.9.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.9.22.W6.S1) and character.