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