שָׁמַיִן
shâmayin(shaw-mah'-yin)
“{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)}”
38 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s Definition
{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)}
Translated in KJV as
heaven.
Etymology
(Aramaic) corresponding to H8064 (שָׁמַיִם)
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