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Psalms 19:2

“Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁמַיִםshâmayim · shaw-mah'-yim
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: הַ — particle (definite article)
שָּׁמַ֗יִם — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HTd/Ncmpa
Usage: Occurs 421 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:8 Genesis 1:9 Genesis 1:14 Genesis 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.

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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.