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Genesis 1:15

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 And let them be והיו

H2974 למאורת

H7549 in the firmament ברקיע

H8064 of the heaven השׁמים

H215 to give light להאיר

H5921 upon על

H776 the earth הארץ

H1961 and it was ויהי

H3651 so כן׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

let

them

H1961 be

for

H3974 lights

the

H7549 firmament

the

H8064 heaven

give

H215 light

H5921 upon

the

H776 earth

and

H1961 was

H3651 so

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8064

Hebrew: שָׁמַיִם

Transliteration: shâmayim

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {air} X-(idiom) {astrologer} heaven (-s).

Definition:

from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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)

1. heaven, heavens, sky

a. visible heavens, sky

1. as abode of the stars

2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

b. Heaven (as the abode of God)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906