Hebrew · H7097, H8064

לְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם

An extremity · 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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קָצֶה H7097 an extremity
Pronunciation qāṣeh
Boundary or terminus point, ranging from physical edge to abstract limit or conclusion.
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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 לְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם (lemiqtseh hashamayim veʿad qetseh hashamayim) mean in the Bible?

קָצֶה · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "from extremity to extremity of the heavens".

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Meaning

from extremity to extremity of the heavens
Word Origins

לְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם is built from these roots:

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