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) · iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
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שָׁמַיִם · בַּרְזֶל 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 · בַּרְזֶל 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, H1270 is connected to 497 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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