Genesis 1:28:16Gen.1.28.W16PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- les cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- os céus
- German
- Himmels
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاءِ
- Hindi
- और आकाश के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和天上的
- Korean
- 그리고 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- এবং আকাশের
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- እና የሰማይ
- Yoruba
- ọrun
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- soro
- Ewe
- dziƒo
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
u-ve-OF ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
u-re-DU bid-GAT ha-YAM u-ve-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-ve-khol-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-VA-rekh o-TAM e-lo-HIM va-YO-mer la-HEM e-lo-HIM pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-A-rets ve-khiv-SHU-ha u-re-DU bid-GAT ha-YAM u-ve-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-ve-khol-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set al-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 1:28
God {And He} blessed them God {And He} said to them be fruitful multiply fill the earth subdue it rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living creature that moves upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:28:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 1:28, 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.1.28.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.28.W16.S1) and character.