Genesis 1:20:13Gen.1.20.W13PAT

הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

hashshamayim

the heavens

Transliteration
hash-sha-MA-yim
Extended
hahsh-shah-MAA-yihm
IPA
/haʃ.ʃaː.ˈmaː.jim/

Meaning by language

English
the heavens
French
les cieux
Spanish
los cielos
Portuguese
os céus
German
Himmel
Russian
небес
Arabic-Simplified
السَّمَاوَاتِ
Hindi
आकाशों का
Chinese-Simplified
诸天的
Korean
하늘들의
Indonesian
langit
Bengali
আকাশমণ্ডলীর
Tagalog
mga langit
Swahili
mbingu
Amharic
የሰማያት
Yoruba
ọ̀run
Igbo
eluigwe
Twi
ɔsoro no
Ewe
dzifo la

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Result
הַש + שָּׁ + מָֽ + יִם׃
hash + sha + ma + yim
hashshamayim

Alphabet Analysis

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
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    hash-sha-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim

In contextGenesis 1:20

God {And He} said the waters swarm with swarms of creatures living {And} birds fly over the earth across the surface of the expanse of the heavens

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 1:20, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (hashshamayim) 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.1.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.20.W13.S1) and character.