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

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Result
הַ + שָּׁ + מָ֑ + יְמָה
ha + sha + mai + mah
hashamaimah

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-sha-MAI-mah

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ma-GI-a ha-sha-MAI-mah

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.