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H8064שָׁמַיִםsha.ma.yim

heavenPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 41
  2. 14
  3. 1
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 44
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 4
  10. 6
  11. 20
  12. 16
  13. 6
  14. 29
  15. 2
  16. 14
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 23
  19. 74
  20. 6
  21. 5
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 33
  24. 33
  25. 5
  26. 9
  27. 5
  28. 4
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. 3
  38. 5
  39. 1

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421 occurrences in 395 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:14

    and he said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like Thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their heart;

    בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם (שָּׁמַ֖יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  2. 2 Chronicles 6:18

    But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

    שָׁמַ֜יִם sha.Ma.yim “heaven”וּשְׁמֵ֤י (שְׁמֵ֤י) she.Mei “[the] heavens of”הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (שָּׁמַ֙יִם֙) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  3. 2 Chronicles 6:21

    And hearken Thou to the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place; yea, hear Thou from Thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when Thou hearest, forgive.

    הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  4. 2 Chronicles 6:23

    then hear Thou from heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

    הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (שָּׁמַ֗יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  5. 2 Chronicles 6:25

    then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

    הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  6. 2 Chronicles 6:26

    When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, when they sin against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, turning from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;

    הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם (שָּׁמַ֛יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  7. 2 Chronicles 6:27

    then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou dost direct them on the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

    הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (שָּׁמַ֗יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  8. 2 Chronicles 6:30

    then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest--for Thou, even Thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men--

    הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם (שָּׁמַ֜יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  9. 2 Chronicles 6:33

    then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, and fear Thee, as doth Thy people Israel, and that they may know that Thy name i

    הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (שָּׁמַ֙יִם֙) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  10. 2 Chronicles 6:35

    then hear Thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

    הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  11. 2 Chronicles 6:39

    then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee.

    הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם (שָּׁמַ֜יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  12. 2 Chronicles 7:1

    Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

    מֵֽהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  13. 2 Chronicles 7:13

    If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people;

    הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (שָּׁמַ֙יִם֙) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  14. 2 Chronicles 7:14

    if My people, upon whom My name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

    הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  15. 2 Chronicles 18:18

    And he said: 'Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting upon His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and on His left.

    הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (שָּׁמַ֙יִם֙) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  16. 2 Chronicles 20:6

    and he said: 'O LORD, the God of our fathers, art not Thou alone God in heaven? and art not Thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in Thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand Thee.

    בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  17. 2 Chronicles 28:9

    But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them: 'Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, He hath delivered them into your hand, and ye h

    לַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (שָּׁמַ֖יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  18. 2 Chronicles 30:27

    Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard of the LORD, and their prayer came up to His holy habitation, even unto heaven.

    לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (שָּׁמָֽיִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  19. 2 Chronicles 32:20

    And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.

    הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (שָּׁמָֽיִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  20. 2 Chronicles 33:3

    For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

    הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  21. 2 Chronicles 33:5

    And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

    הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (שָּׁמָ֑יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  22. 2 Chronicles 36:23

    `Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people--the LORD his God be w

    הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (שָּׁמַ֔יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  23. Ezra 1:2

    'Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

    הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (שָּׁמָ֑יִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  24. Ezra 9:6

    and I said: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

    לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (שָּׁמָֽיִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”

  25. Nehemiah 1:4

    And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

    הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (שָּׁמָֽיִם) sha.Ma.yim “heavens”