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Nehemiah 9:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1121 Their children ובניהם

H7235 also multipliedst הרבית

H3556 thou as the stars כככבי

H8064 of heaven השׁמים

H935 and broughtest ותביאם

H413 them into אל

H776 the land הארץ

H834 concerning which אשׁר

H559 thou hadst promised אמרת

H1 to their fathers לאבתיהם

H935 that they should go in לבוא

H3423 to possess לרשׁת׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Their

H1121 children

also

H7235 multipliedst

thou

the

H3556 stars

H8064 heaven

and

H935 broughtest

them

H413 into

the

H776 land

concerning

H834 which

thou

hadst

H559 promised

their

H1 fathers

that

they

should

H935 in

H3423 possess

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