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שָׁמַיִם

sha.ma.yim

heaven

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Strong’s H8064Noun, masculine421 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

heavens305

heaven51

the heavens49

the heavens of8

o heaven4

heavens of1

are heavens1

o heaven of1

In the text

Genesis 1:1הַשָּׁמַיִם
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Deuteronomy 1:10הַשָּׁמַיִם
The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
2 Chronicles 2:6הַשָּׁמַיִם
But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
Psalm 2:4בַּשָּׁמַיִם
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
Isaiah 13:5הַשָּׁמָיִם
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
Jeremiah 4:23הַשָּׁמַיִם
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁמַי] n.m. only pl. שָׁמַיִם 421 heavens, sky

1.

a. visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are

b. phrases

2.

a. as abode of God

b. Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind

3. הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.