1. שָׁמַי
heavens, sky
The corpus record — Hebrew
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
shamayim · n.m
heavens, sky
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 421 · 13.72/10k
Senses
2. שָׁמַיִם
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Attestations
- הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם Genesis 1:1 (BHS)
- שָׁמָ֑יִם Genesis 1:8 (BHS)
- הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ Genesis 1:9 (BHS)
- הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם Genesis 1:14 (BHS)
- הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם Genesis 1:15 (BHS)
- הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם Genesis 1:17 (BHS)
6 of 421 attestations shown.
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