{"def":{"short":"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)","long":["heaven, heavens, sky",["visible heavens, sky",["as abode of the stars","as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc"],"Heaven (as the abode of God)"]]},"deriv":"dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃɔː.mɑˈjɪm","ipa_mod":"ʃɑː.mɑˈjim","sbl":"šāmayim","dic":"shaw-ma-YIM","dic_mod":"sha-ma-YEEM"}}