Hebrew · H5775, H8064 · unreviewed

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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