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H8064

שָׁמַיִם

shamayim

{shaw-mah'-yim}

The second form being dual of an unused singular; 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).

NOTE: Used widely throughout the Old Testament (below are the usages from Daniel only).

heaven
Daniel 8:8, 8:10; 9:12; 11:4; 12:7.

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