Genesis 1:8:4Gen.1.8.W4PAT
שָׁמָ֑יִם
shamayim
“heavens”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmel
- Russian
- небесами
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَمَاوَات
- Hindi
- आकाश
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为诸天
- Korean
- 하늘이라
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশ
- Tagalog
- na mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- ሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ní àwọn ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro
- Ewe
- be dziƒowo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-ra-KI-a sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-ra-KI-a sha-MA-yim va-ye-HI-E-rev va-ye-HI-VO-ker YOM she-NI
In context — Genesis 1:8
God {And He} called the expanse heavens {And} there was evening {And} there was morning second day
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:8, so the Hebrew word שָׁמָ֑יִם (shamayim) 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.1.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.8.W4.S1) and character.