Genesis 24:3:4Gen.24.3.W4PAT
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- les cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- os céus
- German
- Himmel
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों का
- Chinese-Simplified
- 诸天的
- Korean
- 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশমণ্ডলগুলির
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọrun
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro
- Ewe
- dzifo
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
e-lo-HE ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-ash-bi-a-KHA ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE ha-sha-MA-yim ve-e-lo-HE ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-ash-bi-a-KHA ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE ha-sha-MA-yim ve-e-lo-HE ha-A-retz a-SHER lo-ti-KAKH i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-be-NOT ha-ke-na-a-NI a-SHER a-no-KHI yo-SHEV be-kir-BO
In context — Genesis 24:3
I and I will make you swear by the LORD God of the heavens and God of the earth that you shall not take a wife for my son from daughters of the Canaanite where dwell among them
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 24:3, 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.24.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.3.W4.S1) and character.