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  2. The Hebrew word for “heaven” is שמים shamayim. There is some debate over the origins and meanings of this word but, there are a few common theories. 1. Derived from the unused root שמה shamah possibly meaning lofty.

  3. Apr 15, 2018 · In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [Beresheit bara Elohim et ha-shamayin we-et ha-aretz]. Shamayim is “heavens”, ha-shamayim is “the heavens”. In the Hebrew scriptures the heavens refer to the sky. The sun, moon and stars are in “the heavens”: Genesis 1:14-15.

  4. 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, X astrologer, heaven(-s).

  5. May 30, 2015 · The common English translation of the Hebrew text in Genesis 1:1 (In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth) says that heaven and the earth were created on the first day, meaning that this heaven must be the heaven we talk of as being for the dead. The cosmos except the earth is (if we ignore the vacuum between heavenly bodies ...

  6. HEAVEN (Hebr. "shamayim" [the heavens], from "shama" [the high place]): By: Kaufmann Kohler Chiefly, the upper part of the universe in contradistinction to the earth (Gen. i. 1); the region in which sun, moon, and stars are placed (Gen. i. 17).

  7. In Jewish cosmology, Shamayim (Hebrew: שָׁמַיִם‎ šāmayīm, "heavens") is the dwelling place of God and other heavenly beings according to the Hebrew Bible. It is one of three components of the biblical cosmology.

  8. In today’s video we talk about the Biblical Hebrew word for heavens, “Shamaim”, and its psychological and spiritual implications. By splitting the word into different components (as shown in ancient Hebrew lore & literature) you can unlock hidden meanings of the original Hebrew concept that tend to get lost in translation.

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