Genesis 2:19:9Gen.2.19.W9PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
hashamayim
“skies”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ha.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- skies
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmels
- Russian
- небесную
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاءِ
- Hindi
- आकाश का
- Chinese-Simplified
- 天上的
- Korean
- 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশের
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማይ
- Yoruba
- ọrun
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- soro no
- Ewe
- dzifo me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
kol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-da-MA kol-khai-YAT ha-sa-DE ve-ET kol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-VE el-ha-a-DAM li-re-OT mah-yik-ra-LO
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-da-MA kol-khai-YAT ha-sa-DE ve-ET kol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-VE el-ha-a-DAM li-re-OT mah-yik-ra-LO ve-KHOL a-SHER yik-ra-LO ha-a-DAM NE-fesh khai-YA HU she-MO
In context — Genesis 2:19
LORD God {And He} formed from the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the skies {And} He brought to the man to see what he would call it creature living and all that {He} would call it the man that was its name
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 2:19, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (hashamayim) 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.2.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.19.W9.S1) and character.