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
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
hash-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim
- 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 context — Genesis 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.