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H8064
Hebrew
Original Word
שָׁמַיִםTransliteration
shâmayim
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'-yim
Definition
dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; 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); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
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