Word

שָׁמַיִן

shâmayin · H8065 · Aramaic · 38 occurrences

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Meanings

heaven, sky

The area above the earth, the location of sun, moon, and stars, the realm of the birds and God's primary residence; seen as the source of dew, rain, hail, snow, thunder and lightning, and sometimes even food; associated with what is high and remote, created by God and bound to disappear one day

Examples
Ezra 5:11 “So they answered us as follows, saying, ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
Ezra 5:12 ‘But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
Ezra 6:9 “And whatever is needed, bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem order, it is to be given to them daily without fail,

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אֵלֶּהthese 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יְדַעcertify 1
עֲבַדcut 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שַׁלִּיטcaptain 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 4 groups

לto/for 8
מִןfrom 6
תְּחוֹתunder 2
בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

25 occurrences in 9 groups

אֱלָהּGod, god 12
טַלdew 5
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim · H8064 · heaven, sky, heavenly beings: Aramaic cognate of Hebrew שָׁמַיִם, denoting the same core concept of 'heaven' or 'sky' across the sister languages of the biblical corpus.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Regions Above the Earth001001: Ezra 5:11 recounts that the builders answer, "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth."

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim · H8064 · heaven, sky, heavenly beings · 421×שָׁמַיִןshâmayin · H8065

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0