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Nehemiah 1:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 And it came to pass ויהי

H8085 when I heard כשׁמעי

H853 את

H1697 words הדברים

H428 these האלה

H3427 that I sat down ישׁבתי

H1058 and wept ואבכה

H56 and mourned ואתאבלה

H3117 certain days ימים

H1961 and fasted ואהי

H6684 צם

H6419 and prayed ומתפלל

H6440 before לפני

H430 the God אלהי

H8064 of heaven השׁמים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

came

H1961 pass

when

H8085 heard

H428 these

H1697 words

that

sat

H3427 down

and

H1058 wept

and

H56 mourned

certain

H3117 days

and

H1961 fasted

and

H6419 prayed

H6440 before

the

H430 God

H8064 heaven

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