Genesis 15:5:6Gen.15.5.W6PAT

הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה

hashamaima

toward the heavens

Transliteration
ha-sha-MAI-ma
Extended
hah-shah-MAI-mah
IPA
/ha.ʃaː.ˈmaj.maː/

Meaning by language

English
toward the heavens
French
vers les cieux
Spanish
hacia los cielos
Portuguese
para os céus
German
zum Himmel hin
Russian
к небесам
Arabic-Simplified
نحو السماء
Hindi
आकाश की ओर
Chinese-Simplified
向着天上
Korean
하늘을 향해
Indonesian
ke langit
Bengali
আকাশের দিকে
Tagalog
sa langit
Swahili
kuelekea mbinguni
Amharic
ወደ ሰማያት
Yoruba
si oju orun
Igbo
n'eluigwe
Twi
soro no so
Ewe
ɖe dziƒo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + שָּׁ + מַ֗ + יְמָה
ha + sha + mai + ma
hashamaima

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-sha-MAI-ma

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-bet-NA ha-sha-MAI-ma

  3. clause

    va-yo-TSE o-TO ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer ha-bet-NA ha-sha-MAI-ma u-se-FOR ha-ko-kha-VIM im-tu-KHAL li-se-POR o-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-yo-TSE o-TO ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer ha-bet-NA ha-sha-MAI-ma u-se-FOR ha-ko-kha-VIM im-tu-KHAL li-se-POR o-TAM va-YO-mer LO KO yi-he-YE za-re-E-kha

In contextGenesis 15:5

he brought out him outside he said look now toward the heavens count the stars if you can to count them he said to him your offspring will be thus

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 15:5, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה (hashamaima) 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.15.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.5.W6.S1) and character.