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) · properly,the upper part , used only adverbially with prefix upward , above , overhead , from the top , etc.
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שָׁמַיִם · מַעַל 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 · מַעַל 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, H4605 is connected to 561 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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