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Word Study · Strong's H8064 · Hebrew

שָׁמַיִם

shamayim

shaw-mah'-yim

Strong's 1890 spelling: shâmayim

the sky (as aloft

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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)

Rendered in the KJV as

air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

  • 421
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 33 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 102
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 421 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 102

  • הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם56
  • הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם37
  • הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם35
  • הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃23
  • הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙22
  • שָׁמַ֣יִם19
  • הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם18
  • הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם12
  • שָׁמַ֙יִם֙12
  • שָׁמַ֥יִם10
  • שָׁ֭מַיִם10
  • הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם9

and 90 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 29

  • the heavens234
  • [the] heavens45
  • heaven34
  • in the heavens31
  • from heaven15
  • the heavens towards11
  • [is] in the heavens8
  • to the heavens5
  • and [the] heavens of4
  • heavens4
  • heavens your4
  • O heaven4

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 14

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural236
  • noun · masculine plural90
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural45
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural16
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural + directional ending (“toward”)11
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural4
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
  • preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Ncmpa · 236
  • HNcmpa · 90
  • HRd/Ncmpa · 45
  • HR/Ncmpa · 16
  • HTd/Ncmpa/Sd · 11
  • HC/Ncmpa · 4
  • HC/Ncmpc · 4
  • HNcmpc · 4
  • HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 3
  • HC/Td/Ncmpa · 2
  • HR/Ncmpc · 2
  • HR/Td/Ncmpa · 2

All 421, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis41 occurrences
Exodus14 occurrences
Leviticus1 occurrence
Deuteronomy44 occurrences
Joshua4 occurrences
Judges4 occurrences
1 Samuel4 occurrences
2 Samuel6 occurrences
1 Kings20 occurrences
2 Kings16 occurrences
1 Chronicles6 occurrences
2 Chronicles29 occurrences
Ezra2 occurrences
Nehemiah14 occurrences
Job23 occurrences
Psalms74 occurrences
Proverbs6 occurrences
Ecclesiastes5 occurrences
Isaiah33 occurrences
Jeremiah33 occurrences
Lamentations5 occurrences
Ezekiel9 occurrences
Daniel5 occurrences
Hosea4 occurrences
Joel3 occurrences
Amos2 occurrences
Jonah1 occurrence
Nahum1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Zephaniah2 occurrences
Haggai3 occurrences
Zechariah5 occurrences
Malachi1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).