Genesis 8:2:5Gen.8.2.W5PAT
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
hashamayim
“the heavens”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- hah-shah-MAA-yim
- IPA
- /ha.ʃːaː.ˈmaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heavens
- French
- cieux
- Spanish
- cielos
- Portuguese
- céus
- German
- Himmels
- Russian
- небес
- Arabic-Simplified
- السَّمَاوَاتِ
- Hindi
- आकाशों की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 诸天的
- Korean
- 하늘들의
- Indonesian
- langit
- Bengali
- আকাশগুলোর
- Tagalog
- mga langit
- Swahili
- mbingu
- Amharic
- የሰማያት
- Yoruba
- ọrun
- Igbo
- eluigwe
- Twi
- ɔsoro no
- Ewe
- dziwo
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-yis-sa-khe-RU ma-ye-NOT te-HOM va-a-rub-BOT ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yis-sa-khe-RU ma-ye-NOT te-HOM va-a-rub-BOT ha-sha-MA-yim va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem min-ha-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 8:2
springs of the deep and windows of the heavens {And} were shut the rain was held back from the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 8:2, 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.8.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.2.W5.S1) and character.