Genesis 1:14:6Gen.1.14.W6PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
hashamayeem
“the skies”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yeem
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAH-yeem
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the skies
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmel
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 诸天的
- Korean
- 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশসমূহের
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro no
- Ewe
- dzifoawo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-sha-MA-yeem
- phraseyour reading level
bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI me-o-ROT bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem le-hav-DIL BEN ha-YOM u-VEN ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI me-o-ROT bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem le-hav-DIL BEN ha-YOM u-VEN ha-LAI-la ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT u-le-mo-a-DIM u-le-ya-MEEM ve-sha-NEEM
In context — Genesis 1:14
God {And He} said let there be luminaries in the expanse of the skies to separate between the day and the night and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 1:14, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (hashamayeem) 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 Gen.1.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.14.W6.S1) and character.