towards the sky is הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Jos 8:20 ( J ), Ex 9:8 , 10 ( P ), Jb 2:12 Ju 13:2 0; 20:40 2 Ch 6:1 3; עַל־הַשָּׁמַיִם Ex 9:2 2, 23 ; 10:21 , 22 (all E ), אֶל־שׁ׳ Dt 32:40 (poem), Dn 12:7 , שׁ׳ alone 1 K 8:22 , 54 Jb 35:5 Pr 23: 5. 2. a. as abode of God ( י׳ ) 1 K 8:30 , 32 + often, where he sits enthroned ψ 2:4 Is 66: 1, etc., cf. רֹכֵב שׁ׳ Dt 33:26 (poem), ψ 68:34 , whence he rains brimstone Gn 19:24 ( J ), bread Ex 16:4 ( E ), cf. Ne 9:1 5, casts אֲבָנִים Jos 10:11 ( E ), talks with Israel Ex 20:22 ( E ; Gi v 1 9) + , cf. Gn 21:1 7; 22:11 , 15 ( E ), looks down Dt 26:15 +, hears his people ψ 20:7 + 10 times Chr, etc.; he thunders בַּשּׁ׳ 1 S 2:10 ψ 18:14 , || מִן־שׁ׳ 2 S 22:1 4; he bends ( נטה ) שׁ׳ to come down v 10 = ψ 18:10 , cf. ψ 144:5 and ( rend ) Is 63:19 ; נִפְתְּחוּ הַשּׁ׳ Ez 1:1 in vision of God, cf. שַׁעַר הַשּׁ׳ Gn 28:17 ( E ; + אֱלֹהִים בֵּית ); though even שְׁמֵי הַשּׁ׳ the highest heavens cannot hold him • Dt 10:14 1 K 8:27 = 2 Ch 6:1 8, 2 Ch 2:5 Ne 9:6 ψ 148:4 , שְׁמֵי שְׁמֵי־קֶדֶם 68:3 4; he is called אֱלֹהֵי הַשּׁ׳ ( post-ex. title) Ezr 1:2 = 2 Ch 36:23 , + 11 times Ezr Ne, Jon 1:9 ( cf. Aramaic, Dn 2:18 , 19 , 37 , 44 ; in Gn 24:7 add c. G וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ , as v 3), אֵל־הַשּׁ׳ ψ 136:26 ; his sword is בַּשׁ׳ Is 34:5 , but also his חֶסֶד ψ 36:6 , צֶדֶק 85:1 2, אֱמוּנָה 89: 3, his word fixed 119:89 .— שׁ׳ are •שָׁמָיו (of Israel) Dt 33:28 (poem), • שְׁמֵיכֶם Lv 26:1 9;
•
שָׁמֶיךָ
ψ 8:4
;
144:5
,
•
שְׁמֵי י׳
La 3:6
6,
•
שׁ׳ קָדְשׁוֹ
ψ 20:7
.
•
b.
Elijah taken up
הַשּׁ׳
in whirlwind
2 K 2:1
,
cf.
v
1
1.
3.
הַשּׁ׳
personified in various relations
Is 1:2 Je 2:12 Jb 15:15
ψ 19:2
;
50:6
=
97:
6,
89:6
;
148:4
.
•
4.
הַשּׁ׳ מְלֶכֶת
v.
מ׳
p.
573.
I , II . שַׁמָּה S 8047, 8048 TWOT 2409d GK 9014, 9015 v. שׁמם .
שָׁ֫מָּה v. שָׁם .
•
שַׁמְהוּת
S
8049
GK
9016
n.pr.m.
captain of Israel
1 Ch 27:8
,
Σαλαωθ
,
A GL
Σαµαωθ
; prob.
=
II
.
שַׁמָּה
3 b
,
q.v.
post-ex. post-exilic. A Alexandrine MS . of Setpuagint.