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
Korean
하늘
Indonesian
langit
Bengali
আকাশ
Tagalog
mga langit
Swahili
mbingu
Amharic
የሰማያት
Yoruba
àwọn ọ̀run
Igbo
eluigwe
Twi
ɔsoro
Ewe
dziƒowo

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Result
שָׁ + מַ֥ + יִם
sha + ma + yim
shamayim

Alphabet Analysis

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

    sha-MA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sha-MA-yim va-A-rets

  3. clause

    ba-RUKH av-RAM le-EL el-YON ko-NE sha-MA-yim va-A-rets

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.