Genesis 28:12:8Gen.28.12.W8PAT
הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה
hashamaimah
“to the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MAI-mah
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAI-mah
- IPA
- /ha.ʃaː.ˈmaj.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the heavens
- French
- les cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- os céus
- German
- zum Himmel
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى السَّمَاءِ
- Hindi
- आकाश तक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 天上
- Korean
- 하늘에
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশ পর্যন্ত
- Tagalog
- sa langit
- Swahili
- mbinguni
- Amharic
- እስከ ሰማይ
- 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sha-MAI-mah
- phraseyour reading level
ma-GI-a ha-sha-MAI-mah
- clause
va-ya-kha-LOM ve-hi-NEH su-LAM mu-TSAV a-re-TSAH ve-ro-SHO ma-GI-a ha-sha-MAI-mah
- sentence
va-ya-kha-LOM ve-hi-NEH su-LAM mu-TSAV a-re-TSAH ve-ro-SHO ma-GI-a ha-sha-MAI-mah ve-hi-NEH ma-le-a-KHEI e-lo-HIM o-LEEM ve-yor-DEEM BO
In context — Genesis 28:12
he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth and its top reaching to the heavens and behold angels of God ascending and descending on it
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 28:12, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה (hashamaimah) 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.28.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.12.W8.S1) and character.