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

Result
בַ + שָּׁ + מַ֔ + יִם
va + sha + ma + yim
vashamayim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-sha-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-RO-sho va-sha-MA-yim

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.