Genesis 1:9:6Gen.1.9.W6PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmeln
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَات
- Hindi
- आकाशों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 诸天下面
- Korean
- 그 하늘
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশমণ্ডল
- Tagalog
- mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- ሰማያቱ
- Yoruba
- ọ̀run náà
- Igbo
- eluigwe ahụ
- Twi
- ɔsoro no
- Ewe
- dziƒowo 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 | |
| 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
mi-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yik-ka-VU ham-MA-yim mi-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim el-ma-KOM e-KHAD ve-te-ra-EH ha-yab-ba-SHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yik-ka-VU ham-MA-yim mi-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim el-ma-KOM e-KHAD ve-te-ra-EH ha-yab-ba-SHA va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:9
God {And He} said let be gathered the waters from under the heavens to place one {and} let appear the dry land {And} it was thus
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 1:9, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (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.1.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.9.W6.S1) and character.