Genesis 1:15:4Gen.1.15.W4PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmels
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在诸天的
- Korean
- 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশসমূহের
- Tagalog
- mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- àwọn ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro no
- Ewe
- dziƒowo
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-yim
- phraseyour reading level
bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets va-ye-HI-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:15
lights and let them be in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:15, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (hashamayim) 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.1.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.15.W4.S1) and character.