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
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-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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.