What does עוֹף · שָׁמַיִם mean in the Bible?
עוֹף · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "birds of the heavens".
Hebrew · H5775, H8064
עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם
A bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively · 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)
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עוֹף H5775 a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
Pronunciation ʿwōp
Birds defined by their covering wings—the physical capacity for flight, not taxonomy alone.
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שָׁמַיִם H8064 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)
Pronunciation šāmayim
The visible sky-dome and transcendent realm above, unified in dual form; God's dwelling and cosmic order combined
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What does עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם (of hashamayim) mean in the Bible?
עוֹף · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "birds of the heavens".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5775, H8064?
H5775, H8064 is connected to 492 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. birds of the heavens
Strong's H5775, H8064
Lexical occurrences 492 verses Source Gloss
birds of the heavens
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם is built from this root:
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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