Genesis 22:17:7Gen.22.17.W7PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmels
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السماوات
- Hindi
- आकाश के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 天的
- Korean
- 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশের
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọrun
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro
- Ewe
- dziƒo
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
ke-khokh-VEI ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ki-va-REKH a-va-re-khe-KHA ve-ha-re-BA a-re-BEH et-za-re-a-KHA ke-khokh-VEI ha-sha-MA-yim ve-kha-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT ha-YAM
- sentence
ki-va-REKH a-va-re-khe-KHA ve-ha-re-BA a-re-BEH et-za-re-a-KHA ke-khokh-VEI ha-sha-MA-yim ve-kha-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT ha-YAM ve-yi-RASH za-re-a-KHA ET SHA-ar o-ye-VAV
In context — Genesis 22:17
surely I will bless you and greatly I will multiply your offspring as stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on shore of the sea will possess your offspring gate of his enemies
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 22:17, 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.22.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.17.W7.S1) and character.