Genesis 6:17:13Gen.6.17.W13PAT
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaː.ˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- les cieux
- Spanish
- los cielos
- Portuguese
- os céus
- German
- den Himmeln
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السماوات
- Hindi
- आकाश
- Chinese-Simplified
- 诸天
- Korean
- 하늘
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশ
- Tagalog
- langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- ሰማያት
- Yoruba
- àwọn ọ̀run
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro no
- 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
- clause
va-a-NI hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim al-ha-A-rets le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR a-sher-BO RU-akh khai-YIM mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-a-NI hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim al-ha-A-rets le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR a-sher-BO RU-akh khai-YIM mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim KOL a-sher-ba-A-rets yig-VA
In context — Genesis 6:17
and I here I am bringing the flood waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which breath of life from under the heavens everything that is on the earth will die
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 6:17, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (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.6.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.17.W13.S1) and character.