Genesis 2:4:11Gen.2.4.W11PAT
וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃
veshamayim
“and heavens”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- veh-shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /wə.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and heavens
- French
- et les cieux
- Spanish
- y los cielos
- Portuguese
- e os céus
- German
- und Himmel
- Russian
- и небеса
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسماواتٍ
- Hindi
- और आकाश
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和天
- Korean
- 과 하늘을
- Indonesian
- dan langit
- Bengali
- ও আকাশমণ্ডলী
- Tagalog
- at mga langit
- Swahili
- na mbingu
- Amharic
- እና ሰማያትን
- Yoruba
- àti ọ̀run
- Igbo
- na eluigwe
- Twi
- ne ɔsoro
- Ewe
- kple dziƒowo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ve-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
E-rets ve-sha-MA-yim
- clause
be-YOM a-SOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM E-rets ve-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ha-A-rets be-hib-ba-re-AM be-YOM a-SOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM E-rets ve-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 2:4
These are the origins of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day when made LORD God earth and heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 2:4, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃ (veshamayim) 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.2.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.4.W11.S1) and character.