Genesis 11:4:7Gen.11.4.W7PAT
בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
vashamayim
“in the heavens”
- Transliteration
- va-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- vah-shah-MA-yihm
- IPA
- /vaʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the heavens
- French
- dans les cieux
- Spanish
- en los cielos
- Portuguese
- nos céus
- German
- in den Himmeln
- Russian
- в небесах
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在天上
- Korean
- 하늘들에
- Indonesian
- di langit
- Bengali
- আকাশমণ্ডলে
- Tagalog
- sa kalangitan
- Swahili
- mbinguni
- Amharic
- በሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ní ọ̀run
- Igbo
- n'eluigwe
- Twi
- wɔ ɔsoro mu
- Ewe
- le dzifo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
va-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
ve-RO-sho va-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yom-RU ha-VA ni-vneh-LA-nu IR u-mig-DAL ve-RO-sho va-sha-MA-yim ve-na-a-se-LA-nu SHEM
- sentence
va-yom-RU ha-VA ni-vneh-LA-nu IR u-mig-DAL ve-RO-sho va-sha-MA-yim ve-na-a-se-LA-nu SHEM pen-na-FUTS al-pe-NEI khol-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 11:4
said come build for ourselves a city and a tower and its top in the heavens make for ourselves a name be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 11:4, so the Hebrew word בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (vashamayim) 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.11.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.4.W7.S1) and character.