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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #8064 - שָׁמֶה

Transliteration

shâmayim

Phonetics

shaw-mah'-yim, shaw-meh'

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be lofty

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2407a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

heaven, heavens, sky
1. visible heavens, sky
  1. as abode of the stars
  2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
2. Heaven (as the abode of God)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 798 ‑ ἄστρον (as'‑tron); 2246 ‑ ἥλιος (hay'‑lee‑os); 3770 ‑ οὐράνιος (oo‑ran'‑ee‑os); 3772 ‑ οὐρανός (oo‑ran‑os'); 2032 ‑ ἐπουράνιος (ep‑oo‑ran'‑ee‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (414)

Genesis 40

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 42

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 22

Psalms 72

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 32

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

BSB (410)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 44

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 23

Psalms 74

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 33

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

CSB (360)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 42

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 27

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 13

Job 23

Psalms 71

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 33

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

ESV (451)

Genesis 40

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 43

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 23

Psalms 74

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Song of Solomon 35

Isaiah 33

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

KJV (407)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 41

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 18

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 25

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 12

Job 23

Psalms 71

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 33

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

LEB (415)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 42

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 27

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 23

Psalms 72

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 33

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

LSB (416)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 43

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 23

Psalms 74

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 29

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

N95 (343)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 43

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 24

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 29

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

NAS (415)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 44

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 23

Psalms 74

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 30

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (419)

Genesis 41

Exodus 14

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 43

Joshua 4

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 16

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 14

Job 23

Psalms 74

Proverbs 6

Ecclesiastes 5

Isaiah 32

Jeremiah 33

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 5

Hosea 4

Joel 3

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 3

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

ASV (414)

above the heavens 4

also of the heavens 1

and heaven 4

and the heaven 4

and the heavens 10

and thy heaven 1

are the heavens 1

as heaven 1

as the heavens 1

behold, heaven 2

belongeth heaven 1

beneath; for the heavens 1

between heaven 1

even from heaven 1

even unto heaven 1

for all that is in the heavens 1

for as the heavens 2

for under the whole heaven 1

for us to heaven 1

forth the heavens 1

forth under the whole heaven 1

from heaven 32

from the heavens 1

from under heaven 6

heaven 21

heavens 2

him from heaven 1

him, ye heavens 1

if heaven 1

in heaven 9

in the air 1

in the heavens 13

in the very heavens 1

into heaven 5

is in heaven 4

is in the heavens 2

is there in heaven 1

it is not in heaven 1

it toward heaven 1

it up toward heaven 1

its fill in heaven 1

let heaven 1

let the heavens 2

like thee, in heaven 2

not: till the heavens 1

now toward heaven 1

o heavens 2

o ye heavens 2

of heaven 75

of heavens 7

of the heavens 46

ones; yea, the heavens 1

or can the heavens 1

out of heaven 4

out the heavens 1

part of heaven 1

parts of heaven 1

seeing heaven 1

that are above the heavens 1

that are under the whole heaven 1

that the heavens 2

the heaven 1

the heavens 39

the whole heaven 1

them from under the heavens 1

them in the firmament of heaven 1

them; the heavens 1

then the heavens 1

therefore for your sake the heavens 1

therefore i will make the heavens 1

thou from heaven 6

thou in heaven 8

thy heavens 2

to heaven 11

to the heavens 4

toward heaven 10

under heaven 3

under the heavens 1

under the whole heaven 2

unto heaven 3

unto him out of heaven 1

unto the heavens 3

upon the heaven 1

upon the heavens 2

upon them from heaven 1

were the heavens 1

when heaven 1

when the heavens 1

whom have i in heaven 1

with them from heaven 1

with you from heaven 1

ye heavens 2

yea, his heavens 1

your heaven 1

BSB (410)

against the heavens 1

and call heaven 1

and heaven 1

and the heavens 4

and the skies 1

as the heavens 4

as the sky itself 1

belong the heavens 1

do the skies alone 1

even the highest 1

even the highest heavens 1

from heaven 33

from heaven above 1

from the heavens 1

heaven 48

heaven''s 1

heavens 4

i call heaven 2

i will make the heavens 1

if even the heavens 1

in heaven 13

in heaven but you 1

in smoke 1

in the air 1

in the heavens 13

in the sky 9

into heaven 1

into the air 3

into the sky 1

is in heaven 3

is on his heavenly 1

let heaven 1

let the heavens 2

o heavens 6

o highest heavens 1

of heaven 53

of the air 39

of the earth 2

of the heavens 13

of the sky 7

reaches to the heavens 1

sky 2

than the heavens 2

the heavens 75

the heavens endure 1

the highest heaven 2

the highest heavens 2

the skies 3

the sky 9

then heaven 1

thus the heavens 1

to heaven 5

to the heavens 12

to the sky 2

toward heaven 3

up to heaven 2

upon the highest 1

when the skies 2

who is in heaven 1

your heavens 2

your sky 1

CSB (360)

against heaven 1

as the heavens 1

at the heavens 1

from heaven 2

heaven 116

heaven lasts 1

heavenly 11

heavens 16

highest heavens 2

horizon 1

in heaven 8

in the sky 1

of heaven 9

of the heavens 1

of the sky 2

skies 2

sky 5

smoke 1

than the heavens 1

the air 1

the earth 2

the heaven 1

the heavenly 2

the heavens 79

the heavens gained 1

the highest heaven 2

the skies 6

the skies alone 1

the sky 78

the sky? 1

to heaven 2

you heavens 1

your heavens 1

ESV (451)

air 15

heaven 225

heavens 205

highest 3

skies 1

sky 2

KJV (407)

* 1

air 21

heaven 280

heaven and heaven 2

heaven and the heaven 2

heavens 99

heavens of heavens 2

LEB (415)

⌊highest heavens⌋ 1

⌊in smoke⌋ 1

⌊the heavens 1

⌊toward the sky⌋ 1

⌊with high walls⌋ 1

against the heavens 1

against them in the heavens 1

and ⌊the highest heavens⌋ 2

and heaven 4

and heavens 1

and so the heavens 1

and the ⌊highest heavens⌋ 1

and the heaven of 1

and the heavens 6

and the skies 1

and the sky 1

and your heavens 1

as heaven 1

as the heavens 2

can the heavens 1

divide the ⌊celestial sphere⌋ 1

do i have in the heavens except you 1

enthroned in the heavens 1

even the heavens 1

extends into the heavens 1

for us to the heavens 1

from the heavens 2

heaven 120

heaven as far as 1

heavens 11

his heavens 1

in heaven 14

in the air 1

in the heavens 16

in the highest heavens of 1

in the sky 1

is in heaven 1

is in the heaven 1

is in the heavens 4

is there in the heaven 1

it toward the heavens 2

let the heavens 1

o heavens 3

reaches to the heavens 1

reaching up to heaven 1

s 2

the air 2

the heaven 22

the heaven⌋ 1

the heavens 127

the heavens and came down 1

the heavens are yahweh 1

the heavens be glad 1

the heavens of 2

the heavens so that 1

the heavens tremble 1

the sky 5

then the heaven 1

through the heavens 1

to heaven 6

to the heaven 1

to the heavens 6

to the sky 1

toward heaven 1

toward the heaven 1

toward the heavens 1

under heaven 1

under the heaven 2

under the heavens 1

what is in the heavens 1

when the heavens 1

you in the heavens 1

you the heavens 1

your heaven 1

your heavens 2

LSB (416)

heaven 196

heavenly 3

heavens 149

highest 5

sky 63

N95 (343)

compass 1

earth 1

heaven 170

heavenly 3

heavens 113

highest 4

horizons 1

sky 50

NAS (415)

compass 1

earth 1

heaven 181

heavenly 16

heavens 142

highest 6

horizons 1

sky 67

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (419)

above the heavens 5

against them in the sky 1

and the heaven 4

and the heavens 6

and the sky 3

are the heavens 1

as heaven 1

as the heavens 1

belongs heaven 1

between the sky 1

even from heaven 1

even to heaven 1

for all that is in the heavens 1

for as the heavens 2

for under the whole sky 1

for us to heaven 1

forth under the whole sky 1

from heaven 24

from the heavens 1

from the sky 14

from under the sky 6

heaven 17

heavens 4

him from the sky 1

if heaven 1

in heaven 18

in the air 1

in the heavens 9

in the sky 5

into heaven 5

is in heaven 2

is in the heavens 3

is there in heaven 1

it is not in heaven 1

it toward the sky 1

it up toward the sky 1

its fill in the sky 1

let heaven 1

let the heavens 2

now toward the sky 1

of heaven 24

of heavens 7

of sky 4

of the heavens 7

of the skies 1

of the sky 85

of what is in heaven 1

on the heaven 1

on the heavens 1

on them from the sky 1

or can the sky 1

out of heaven 1

out of the sky 3

out the heavens 2

part of heaven 1

parts of the heavens 1

reaches to the heavens 1

reaches to the sky 1

since heaven 1

skies 1

sky 1

that are above the heavens 1

that flies in the sky 1

that the heavens 1

that the sky 1

the heaven 1

the heavens 39

the sky 8

the whole sky 1

them from under the heavens 1

then the heavens 1

therefore for your sake the heavens 1

therefore i will make the heavens 1

to heaven 9

to him out of the sky 1

to the heavens 6

to the sky 6

toward heaven 3

toward the heavens 1

toward the sky 5

under heaven 2

under the sky 2

under the whole sky 2

until the heavens 1

when the sky 2

who are under the whole sky 1

whom do i have in heaven 1

with them from heaven 1

with you from heaven 1

you heavens 4

your heavens 2

your sky 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1473) m s (סהמ ShM) AC: Breathe CO: Breath AB: Desolate: The wind, or breath, of someone or something is its character.

A) m s (סהמ ShM) AC: ? CO: Breath AB: Desolate: Hebrew names are words given to describe character.

N^m) m s (סהמ ShM) - I. Breath:The breath of a man is character, what makes one what he is. The name of an individual is more than an identifier but descriptive of his character or breath. II. There:Used to identify another place. [Hebrew and Aramaic] III. Sky:The place of the winds. [Hebrew and Aramaic; Only used in the masculine plural form, mimsor nimsin Aramaic] IV. Aroma: A sweet aroma that is carried on the wind or breath. [df: Mo] KJV (1365): name, renown, fame, famous, heaven, air, sweet, there - Strongs: H5561 (סַם), H8033 (שָׁם), H8034 (שֵׁם), H8036 (שֻׁם), H8064 (שָׁמֶה), H8065 (שְׁמַיִן), H8536 (תַּמָּה)

N^f1 ) e m s (סהמה ShMH) - Desolate: A wind blowing over the land pulls the moisture out of the ground drying it up, making a place of ruin or desert. KJV (39): astonishment, desolation, desolate, waste, wonderful - Strongs: H8047 (שַׁמָּה)

k^f1) e m s m (מסהמה MShMH) - Desolate: A wind blowing over the land pulls the moisture out of the ground drying it up, making a place of ruin or desert. KJV (7): desolate, astonishment - Strongs: H4923 (מְשַׁמָּה)

nm^m) n m s a (אסהמנ AShMN) - Desolate: A wind blowing over the land pulls the moisture out of the ground drying it up, making a place of ruin or desert. KJV (1): desolate - Strongs: H820 (אַשְׁמָן)

B) m m s (סהממ ShMM) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Desolate: A wind blowing over the land pulls the moisture out of the ground drying it up, making a place of ruin or desert. One in horror or in astonishment is one dried up in the inside.

V) m m s (סהממ ShMM) - Desolate: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (93): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Hophal, Piel) desolate, astonish, waste, destroy, wonder, amaze - Strongs: H8074 (שָׁמֵם), H8075 (שְׁמַם)

N^f1) e m m s (סהממה ShMMH) - Desolate: KJV (58): desolate, waste - Strongs: H8077 (שִׁמָמָה)

ej^m) n f m m i s (סהיממונ ShYMMWN) - Desolation: KJV (2): astonishment - Strongs: H8078 (שִׁמָּמוֹן)

C) m s a (אסהמ AShM) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Guilt: One with a character of wrongdoing.

V) m s a (אסהמ AShM) - Guilt: KJV (35): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) guilty, desolate, offend, trespass, destroy, faulty, offence - Strongs: H816 (אָשֵׁם)

N^m) m s a (אסהמ AShM) - Guilt: KJV (49): trespass, sin, guiltiness - Strongs: H817 (אָשָׁם), H818 (אָשֵׁם)

N^f1) e m s a (אסהמה AShMH) - Guilt: KJV (19): trespass, sin, offend - Strongs: H819 (אַשְׁמָה)

G) m e s (סההמ ShHM) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown meaning;]

N^m) m e s (סההמ ShHM) - Shoham: An unknown stone. KJV (11): onyx - Strongs: H7718 (שֹׁהַם)

J) m f s (סהומ ShWM) AC: Smell CO: Garlic AB: ?: A sense of smell from breathing.

N^m) m f s (סהומ ShWM) - Garlic: From its strong odor. KJV (1): garlick - Strongs: H7762 (שׁוּמִים)

L) m s i (יסהמ YShM) AC: ? CO: Desert AB: Desolate: A wind blowing over the land pulls the moisture out of the ground drying it up, making a place of ruin or desert.

V) m s i (יסהמ YShM) - Desolate: KJV (4): (vf: Paal) desolate - Strongs: H3456 (יָשַׁם)

b^f1) e m i s i (יסהימה YShYMH) - Desolate: KJV (1): seize - Strongs: H3451 (יְשִׁימָה)

bj^m) n f m i s i (יסהימונ YShYMWN) - Desert: A desolate place. KJV (13): desert, wilderness, solitary - Strongs: H3452 (יְשִׁימוֹן)

Adopted Roots:

A2090 M s c (Rain, Rain)
A2443 M s n (Pant, Breath)
A2444 P s n (Blow, Twilight)
A2848 D m s (Destroy)
A2849 U m s (Shake)
A2850 N m s (Oil)
A2851 O m s (Hear, Report, Obedience)
A2854 S m s (Sun)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[שָׁמַי] noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 33:28} only plural שָׁמַ֫יִם₄₂₁ (Sta^{§324 a}) heavens, sky (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šamû plural šamê, šamûtu, also šamâmu, compare Phoenician שמם; Sabean סמה Hom^{Chr 46,124}; Arabic

Ethiopic

Aramaic שְׁמַיָּא

; Palmyrene, Nabataean שמ(י)ן in proper name (compounded with בעל) Lzb¹⁵³ GACooke⁴⁵; on plural form see Ba^{ZMG xiii (1888), 341f.}); — absolute ׳שׁ Genesis 1:1 +, מָ֑יִם- Genesis 2:4 +; הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Exodus 9:8 +; construct שְׁמֵי Deuteronomy 10:14 9t.; suffix שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4 2t., שָׁמָיו Deuteronomy 33:28, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19, with verb plural, Hosea 2:23; —

1. a. visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are Judges 5:20; Genesis 15:5 (J), Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:14,15,17 (P), hence ׳כּוֺכְבֵי הַשּׁ Genesis 22:17 (JE) = 9t. (usually as countless), ׳(כָּלֿ) צְבָא הַשּׁ Deuteronomy 4:19; Jeremiah 8:2 + ( ׳צ

1 c; rarely of angels, ׳צ

1 b; before which fowl fly Genesis 1:20 (P), compare Deuteronomy 4:17; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 30:19, ׳עוֺף הַשּׁ Genesis 2:19 (J), Genesis 1:19 (P) + (עוֺף 1), ׳צִמֹּר שׁ Psalm 8:9, ׳נִשְׁרֵי שׁ Lamentations 4:19; as רָקִיע (q. v.) Genesis 1:8 (P), Psalm 19:2, with waters beneath and above Genesis 1:9 (P, compare Genesis 1:7), Psalm 148:4, darkened with clouds 1 Kings 18:45, cleared by wind Job 26:13; whence comes rain Genesis 8:2 (J), Judges 5:4; Deuteronomy 11:11 +, and dew Genesis 27:28 (J), Genesis 27:39 (E), Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem) +. compare ׳בִּרְכֹת שׁ Genesis 49:25 (poem in J), ׳מֶגֶר שׁ Deuteronomy 33:13 (poem), but also (destructive) fire 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); Job 1:16 + (see also 2 a below); ׳הֹבְרֵישׁ Isaiah 47:13, i.e. astrologers, compare ׳אוֺתוֺתהַשּׁ Jeremiah 10:2; as high Genesis 11:4 (J), Amos (:2(opposed to שְׁאוֺל), Genesis 11:6 (opposed to אֶרֶץ) +, ׳עַדלֵֿב הַשּׁ Deuteronomy 4:11;as over all the earth, ׳תַּחַת (כָּלֿ)הַשּׁ Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:19 (both P), Deuteronomy 2:25; Ecclesiastes 1:13 ׳מִתַּחַת וגו (of extermination) Exodus 17:14 (E), Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 9:14 +; specifically of Israel, שָׁמֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:23, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19 (H); וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ׳בֵּין הַשּׁ 2 Samuel 18:9 (hung from tree), 1 Chronicles 21:16 (of angel), compare Ezekiel 8:3 (Ezekiel in vision), Zechariah 5:9 (flying ephah); וְעַדקְֿצֵה׳מִקְּצֵה הַשּׁ ׳הַשּׁ of limits of horizon Deuteronomy 4:32, compare Deuteronomy 30:4; Nehemiah 1:9; Psalm 19:7 as made by God Jeremiah 51:15 (opposed to תֵּבֵל), Psalm 8:4 #NAME? Deuteronomy 11:21; Job 14:12; Psalm 89:30; especiallyוְ(הָ)אָרֶץ׳(הַ)שּׁ = universe (compare in Sabean, SabDenkm^{No 41:42, l.3}) Deuteronomy 3:24 Genesis 1:1 (P) + (especially Deuteronomy , Isa², Psalm), + הַיָם Exodus 20:11; Haggai 2:6, etc., + מַיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ Exodus 20:4= Deuteronomy 5:8,.compare Proverbs 30:4, etc.; opposed to תְּהוֺם Proverbs 8:27 (+ אֶרֶץ Proverbs 8:29) חֲרָשִׁים וְהָאָרֶץ חֲרָשָׁה׳שׁ as part of future glory Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22.

b. phrases are: ׳אֲרֻבּוֺת הַשּׁ (letting rain through) Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (P), Malachi 3:10 (figurative), compare ׳בַּשּׁ׳א ׳הֲיַעֲשֶׂה י 2 Kings 7:2,19, so ׳דַּלְתֵי שׁ Psalm 78:23 (for manna), compare ׳דְָּגַן שׁ, Psalm 78:24, ׳לֶחֶם שׁ Psalm 105:40; ׳מוֺסְדוֺת הַשּׁ 2 Samuel 22:8 ("" הָאָרֶץ; in "" Psalm 18:8 חָרִים׳מ), ׳עַמּוּרֵי שׁ Job 26:11, ׳חוּג שׁ Job 22:14; towards the sky is הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Joshua 8:20(J), Exodus 9:8,10 (P), Job 2:12; Judges 13:20; Judges 20:40; 2 Chronicles 6:13; עַלהַֿשָּׁמַיִם Exodus 9:22,23; Exodus 10:21,22(all E), ׳אֶלשֿׁ Deuteronomy 32:40 (poem), Daniel 12:7, ׳שׁ alone 1 Kings 8:22,54; Job 35:5; Proverbs 23:5.

2. a. as abode of God (׳י) 1 Kings 8:30,32 #NAME? Psalm 2:3; Isaiah 66:1, etc., compare ׳רֹכֵבשׁ Deuteronomy 33:26(poem), Psalm 68:34, whence he rains brimstone Genesis 19:24 (J), bread Exodus 16:4 (E), compare Nehemiah 9:15, casts hailstones Joshua 11:11 (E), talks with Israel Exodus 20:22 (E; Gi Exodus 20:19) +, compare Genesis 21:17; Genesis 22:11,15 (E), looks down Deuteronomy 26:15 +, hears his people Psalm 20:7+ 10t. Chronicles, etc.; he thunders ׳בַּשּׁ 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalm 18:14,"" ׳מִןשֿׁ 2 Samuel 22:14; he bends (נטה) ׳שׁ to come down 2 Samuel 22:10= Psalm 18:10, compare Psalm 144:5 and ( rend) Isaiah 63:19; ׳נִמְּתְּחוּ הַשּׁ Ezekiel 1:1 in vision of God, compare ׳שַׁעַר הַשּׁ Genesis 28:17 (E; + בֵּיתאֱלֹהִים); though even ׳שְׁמֵי הַשּׁ the highest heuvens cannot hold him Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18,2Chron 2:5; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:4, שְׁמֵי שְׁמֵיקֶֿדֶם Psalm 68:34; he is called ׳אֱלֹהֵי הַשּׁ (post-exilic title) Ezra 1:2 2 Chronicles 36:23; + 11t. Ezra Nehemiah; Jonah 1:9 (compare Aramaic, Daniel 2:18,19,37,44; in Genesis 24:7 add with ᵐ5וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ, as Genesis 24:3), ׳אֵלהַֿשׁ Psalm 136:26; his sword is ׳בַּשׁ Isaiah 34:5, but also his חֶסֶד Psalm 36:6, צֶדֶק Psalm 85:12, אֱמוּנָח Psalm 89:3, his word fixed Psalm 119:89. — ׳שׁ are שָׁמָיו (of Israel) Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19; שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4; Psalm 144:5, ׳שְׁמֵי י Lamentations 3:66, קָדְשׁוֺ׳שׁ Psalm 20:7.

b. Elijah taken up ׳הַשּׁ in whirlwind 2 Kings 2:1, compare 2 Kings 2:11.

3׳הַשּׁ personified in various relations Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:12; Job 15:15; Psalm 19:2; Psalm 50:6 = Psalm 97:6; Psalm 89:6; Psalm 148:4.

4 מְלֶכֶת׳הַשּׁ see ׳מ p. 573.

I, II. שַׁמָּה see שׁמם. שָׂ֫מָּה see שָׁם.

[שְׁמַ֫יִן] noun masculine plural heavens (Biblical Hebrew [שָׁמַי], שָׁמַיִם, √ שׁמה); — always emphatic שְׁמַיָּא:

1 visible sky Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 4:8; Daniel 4:10; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:19; Daniel 4:20; Daniel 4:27; Daniel 4:28; ׳עוֺף שׁ Daniel 2:38; ׳צִמֲּרֵי שׁ Daniel 4:9; Daniel 4:18; ׳טַל שׁ Daniel 4:12; Daniel 4:20; Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:21; ׳רוּחֵי שׁ Daniel 7:2 winds of the sky; ׳עֲנָנֵי שׁ Daniel 7:13; heavens + earth = universe Jeremiah 10:11, where God shews signs Daniel 6:28.

2 heavens as abode of God Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:31, hence, figurative, as ruling Daniel 4:23 (׳שׁ sometimes = God in Late Hebrew, J, Aramaic, D^{Worte Jesu 179; Eng.Tr.218f.}); as abode of angels Daniel 4:32 (Dr); elsewhere in phrase ׳אֱלָהּ שׁ Daniel 2:18,19,37,44; Ezra 5:11; Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:23 (twice in verse), ׳מֶלֶךְ שׁ Daniel 4:34, ׳מָרֵא שׁ Daniel 5:23.

List of Word Forms

בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִם בִּשְׁמֵ֣י בַּ֭שָּׁמַיִם בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם בַּשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙ ׀ בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ בַּשָּׁמַ֪יִם בַּשָּׁמַיִם֮ בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם בַשָּׁמַ֖יִם בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם בַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בהשמים בשמי בשמים בשמים׃ הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם הַ֭שָּׁמַיִם הַשָּׁמַ֑יִם הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָה הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם הַשָּׁמַ֙יְמָה֙ הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם הַשָּׁמַ֡יִם הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם הַשָּׁמַ֧יִם הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ הַשָּׁמַיִם֒ הַשָּׁמַיִם֩ הַשָּׁמַיִם֮ הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ השמים השמים׃ השמימה השמימה׃ וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם וְהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃ וּשְׁמֵ֣י וּשְׁמֵ֤י וּשְׁמֵ֥י והשמים ושמי ושמים ושמים׃ לַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם לַשָּׁמַ֨יִם לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ לשמים לשמים׃ מִ֭שָּׁמַיִם מִשְּׁמֵ֣י מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִשָּׁמַ֣יִם מִשָּׁמַ֤יִם ׀ מִשָּׁמַ֥יִם מִשָּׁמַ֧יִם מִשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ מִשָּׁמַיִם֮ מִשָּׁמָ֑יִם מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ מֵֽהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם מהשמים מיך מים משמי משמים משמים׃ שְׁמֵ֣י שְׁמֵ֥י שְׁמֵ֨י שְׁמֵי־ שְׁמֵיכֶם֙ שָׁ֘מַ֤יִם שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם שָׁ֝מַיִם שָׁ֭מֶיךָ שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁמֶ֛יךָ שָׁמֶ֣יךָ שָׁמַ֓יִם ׀ שָׁמַ֔יִם שָׁמַ֖יִם שָׁמַ֗יִם שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ שָׁמַ֛יִם שָׁמַ֜יִם שָׁמַ֣יִם שָׁמַ֥יִם שָׁמַ֨יִם ׀ שָׁמַיִם֮ שָׁמָ֑יִם שָׁמָ֖יו שָׁמָֽיִם׃ שמי שמי־ שמיו שמיך שמיכם שמים שמים׃ baš·šā·ma·yim baš·šā·mā·yim ḇaš·šā·ma·yim ḇaš·šā·mā·yim bashshaMayim baššāmayim baššāmāyim ḇaššāmayim ḇaššāmāyim bə·haš·šā·ma·yim behashshaMayim bəhaššāmayim biš·mê bishMei bišmê haš·šā·mā·yə·māh haš·šā·ma·yim haš·šā·mā·yim haš·šā·may·māh hashshaMayemah hashshaMayim hashshaMaymah haššāmāyəmāh haššāmayim haššāmāyim haššāmaymāh laš·šā·ma·yim laš·šā·mā·yim lashshaMayim laššāmayim laššāmāyim ma·yim mayim mê·haš·šā·ma·yim me·ḵā mehashshaMayim mêhaššāmayim meicha meḵā miš·šā·ma·yim miš·šā·mā·yim miš·šə·mê mishshaMayim mishsheMei miššāmayim miššāmāyim miššəmê šā·ma·yim šā·mā·yim šā·māw šā·me·ḵā šāmāw šāmayim šāmāyim šāmeḵā šə·mê šə·mê- šə·mê·ḵem šəmê šəmê- šəmêḵem shaMav shaMayim shaMeicha sheMei shemeiChem ū·šə·mê ūšəmê usheMei vashshaMayim vehashshaMayim veshaMayim wə·haš·šā·ma·yim wə·šā·ma·yim wə·šā·mā·yim wəhaššāmayim wəšāmayim wəšāmāyim