shamayim (hebrew)

Code:

H8064

Original:

שָׁמַ֫יִם

Word:

shamayim

Pronunciation:

shaw-mah'-yim

Definition:

dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}; 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, astrologer, heaven(-s).