Genesis 14:19:8Gen.14.19.W8PAT
שָׁמַ֥יִם
shamayim
“heavens”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmels
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाश
- Chinese-Simplified
- 天
- Korean
- 하늘
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশ
- Tagalog
- mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- àwọn ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro
- Ewe
- 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 | |
| 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
sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
sha-MA-yim va-A-rets
- clause
ba-RUKH av-RAM le-EL el-YON ko-NE sha-MA-yim va-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-va-re-KHE-hu va-yo-MAR ba-RUKH av-RAM le-EL el-YON ko-NE sha-MA-yim va-A-rets
In context — Genesis 14:19
he blessed him he said Abram blessed be by God Most High possessor of heavens and earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 14:19, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֥יִם (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.14.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.19.W8.S1) and character.