Exodus 9:23:4Exod.9.23.W4PAT

עַל־הַשָּׁמַיִם֒

alhashamayim

toward the heavens

Transliteration
al-ha-sha-MA-yim
Extended
ahl-hah-shah-MAH-yeem
IPA
/ʕal.haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.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
إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ
Hindi
आकाशों की ओर
Chinese-Simplified
向着诸天
Korean
하늘들을 향하여
Indonesian
ke langit
Bengali
আকাশের দিকে
Tagalog
sa langit
Swahili
kuelekea mbinguni
Amharic
ወደ ሰማያት
Yoruba
sí ọ̀run
Igbo
n'eluigwe
Twi
ɔsoro no so
Ewe
ɖe dziƒowo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עַל + הַ + שָּׁ + מַ + יִם֒
al + ha + sha + ma + yim
alhashamayim

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
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

    al-ha-sha-MA-yim

  2. clause

    va-YET mo-SHEH et-mat-TE-hu al-ha-sha-MA-yim va-Ye-ho-VAH na-TAN ko-LOT u-va-RAD vat-TI-ha-lakh ESH AR-tsa

  3. sentence

    va-YET mo-SHEH et-mat-TE-hu al-ha-sha-MA-yim va-Ye-ho-VAH na-TAN ko-LOT u-va-RAD vat-TI-ha-lakh ESH AR-tsa va-yam-TER Ye-ho-VAH ba-RAD al-E-rets mits-RA-yim

In contextExodus 9:23

and stretched out Moses his staff toward the heavens and the LORD gave voices and hail and went fire to the earth and rained down the LORD hail upon the land of Egypt

About this coordinate

Exodus 9:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 9:23, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַשָּׁמַיִם֒ (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.9.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.9.23.W4.S1) and character.