Genesis 2:4:3Gen.2.4.W3PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmel
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السماواتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 天
- Korean
- 하늘
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশমণ্ডলীর
- Tagalog
- mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro no
- Ewe
- dziƒowo
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
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
EL-leh to-le-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ha-A-rets be-hib-ba-re-AM
- 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 2:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 2:4, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם (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.2.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.4.W3.S1) and character.