Genesis 28:17:13Gen.28.17.W13PAT
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- les cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- os céus
- German
- der Himmel
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- स्वर्ग का
- Chinese-Simplified
- 天的
- Korean
- 하늘의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশের
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro
- 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
SHA-ar ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
EIN ZEH KI im-BEIT e-lo-HIM ve-ZEH SHA-ar ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yi-RA va-yo-MAR mah-no-RA ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH EIN ZEH KI im-BEIT e-lo-HIM ve-ZEH SHA-ar ha-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 28:17
was afraid said how fearsome place this is nothing this but the house of God and this the gate of the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 28:17, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (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.28.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.17.W13.S1) and character.