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) · the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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שָׁמַיִם · רֹאשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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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שָׁמַיִם · רֹאשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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)".
H8064, H7218 is connected to 1,021 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Hebrew phrase. 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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