Genesis 1:17:5Gen.1.17.W5PAT
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃa.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- 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
- আকাশমণ্ডলের
- Tagalog
- mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro no
- Ewe
- dziwo
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
va-yit-TEN o-TAM e-lo-HIM bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yit-TEN o-TAM e-lo-HIM bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 1:17
God {And He} placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:17, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (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.1.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.17.W5.S1) and character.