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Proverbs 25:3
“The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁמַיִםshâmayim · shaw-mah'-yim
H8064 · Hebrew
H8064 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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)
- Derivation
- dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
- KJV renderings
- air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
- Grammar
- שָׁמַ֣יִם — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 421 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמַיִם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.