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Genesis 1:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5414 set ויתן

H853 אתם

H430 And God אלהים

H7549 them in the firmament ברקיע

H8064 of the heaven השׁמים

H215 to give light להאיר

H5921 upon על

H776 the earth הארץ׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H430 God

H5414 set

them

the

H7549 firmament

the

H8064 heaven

give

H215 light

H5921 upon

the

H776 earth

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