Genesis 2:20:6Gen.2.20.W6PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
hashshamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- hash-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hahsh-shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaːˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmels
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाश के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 天空的
- Korean
- 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশের
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማይ
- Yoruba
- ọrun
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro
- Ewe
- dzi
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
hash-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-OF hash-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM she-MOT le-khol-hab-be-he-MA u-le-OF hash-sha-MA-yim u-le-KHOL khai-YAT has-sa-DE
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM she-MOT le-khol-hab-be-he-MA u-le-OF hash-sha-MA-yim u-le-KHOL khai-YAT has-sa-DE u-le-a-DAM lo-ma-TSA E-zer ke-neg-DO
In context — Genesis 2:20
the man {And He} gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field a helper was not found but for Adam corresponding to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 2:20, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (hashshamayim) 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.2.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.20.W6.S1) and character.