H7834 H7834
clouds, thin clouds; skies, firmament, heavens; fine dust, powder
1. clouds, thin clouds — The visible cloud layer in the sky, often in poetic parallelism with other atmospheric phenomena; the thin, wispy clouds of the upper atmosphere (from the root שׁחק 'to pulverize'), emphasizing their fine, dust-like quality. 12×
AR["السَّحُبَ","السُّحُبَ","السُّحُبِ","الغَمام","الغُيومَ","الغُيومُ","الْغُيُومِ","وَ-السُّحُبُ","وَالسُّحُبُ"]·ben["-মেঘমণ্ডল","আকাশকে","এবং-মেঘমালা","ও-মেঘ","মেঘ","মেঘগুলিকে","মেঘমণ্ডল","মেঘে","মেঘের"]·DE["Wolken","[ושחקים]","[שחקים]","der-Wolken"]·EN["and-clouds","and-the-clouds","clouds","the-clouds","the-skies"]·FR["[ושחקים]","[שחקים]","et-nuée","nuée","nuées"]·heb["ו-שחקים","שחקים"]·HI["आकाश-को","और-बादल","बादल","बादलों","बादलों-को","बादलों।"]·ID["awan-awan","dan-awan-awan"]·IT["cielo","e-e-il-clouds","e-nube","il-clouds","il-skies","nube","nuvole"]·jav["dhateng-Panjenengan","lan-méga","lan-méga-méga","mega","mega-mega","méga","méga-méga"]·KO["구름들","구름들을","구름들이","구름에","궁창-에","궁창들","궁창들-을","그리고-구름이","그리고-하늘-들-이","하늘-들-을"]·PT["aos-céus","as-nuvens","e-nuvens","nuvens"]·RU["и-облака","на-облака","на-облаках","облака","облакам","облаков"]·ES["las-nubes","nubes","sobre-las-nubes","y-las-nubes","y-nubes"]·SW["mawingu","mawinguni","na-mawingu"]·TR["bulutlar","bulutlara","bulutları","göklere","ve-bulutlar"]·urd["اور-بادل","بادل","بادلوں","بادلوں پر","بادلوں کو","بادلوں-تک","بادلوں-پر","بادلوں-کو","بادَلوں"]
Deut 33:26, Job 35:5, Job 36:28, Job 38:37, Ps 36:5, Ps 57:10, Ps 78:23, Ps 108:4, Prov 3:20, Prov 8:28, Isa 45:8, Jer 51:9
▼ 2 more senses below
Senses
2. skies, firmament, heavens — The vault of heaven or upper expanse, used in poetic contexts as a synonym for שָׁמַיִם ('heavens'), denoting the cosmic dome or sky regarded as God's domain and the stage of theophany. 8×
AR["السَّمَاءِ","السَّمَاوَاتُ","السُّحُبِ","في-السُّحُبِ","فِي-السَّحَابِ","فِي-السُّحُبِ","لِلسُّحُبِ"]·ben["আকাশকে","আকাশগুলি","আকাশে","আকাশে।","আকাশের","নভোমণ্ডলের"]·DE["[בשחקים]","[לשחקים]","der-skies","in-der-skies","in-der-sky","ist-in-der-skies","skies"]·EN["in-the-skies","in-the-sky","is-in-the-skies","skies","the-skies"]·FR["dans-nuées","nuée","nuées","skies","à-nuée"]·heb["ב-שחק","ב-שחקים","ל-שחקים","שחקים"]·HI["आकाश-के","आकाशों-को","आकाशों-में","बादलों-के","में-आकाश","शेखाकीम"]·ID["di-awan","di-awan-awan","langit","untuk-awan-awan"]·IT["cielo","nel-in-il-skies","per-il-skies","skies"]·jav["ing-langit","ing-mega","ing-mega-mega","kanggé-langit","langit"]·KO["구름들","구름들-에서","구름들-을","궁창-에서","궁창들-의","궁창들-이","하늘-에서"]·PT["céus","dos-céus","nas-nuvens","nos-céus","nos-céus;","os-céus"]·RU["в-небе","в-небесах","в-облаках","небеса","небесные","облака"]·ES["a-cielos","cielos","en-el-cielo","en-las-nubes","en-los-cielos","nubes"]·SW["anga","katika-mawingu","mawingu","mawinguni","mbingu","mbinguni","ya-anga"]·TR["bulutlarda","gökler","göklerde","göklerin"]·urd["آسمانوں کو","آسمانوں-نے","آسمانوں-کے","بادلوں میں","بادلوں-کے","بِ-آسمانوں","بِ-ہَ-بادلوں-میں"]
3. fine dust, powder — Fine ground particles or dust, preserving the literal concrete sense of the root שׁחק ('to grind, pulverize'); used in similes of grinding enemies underfoot like dust of the streets. 1×
AR["وَكَغُبَارٍ"]·ben["এবং-ধূলির-মতো"]·DE["[וכשחק]"]·EN["and-like-dust"]·FR["[וכשחק]"]·heb["ו-כ-שחק"]·HI["और-जैसी-धूल"]·ID["dan-seperti-debu"]·IT["e-nube"]·jav["lan-kados-lebu"]·KO["그리고-같이-먼지"]·PT["e-como-pó-de"]·RU["и-как-пыль"]·ES["y-como-polvo-fino"]·SW["na-kama-vumbi"]·TR["ve-toz-gibi"]·urd["اور-غبار-کی-طرح"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שַׁ֫חַק n.m. Pr 3:20 dust, cloud (as fine, thin);—שׁ׳ abs. ψ 89:7, 38, cstr. Is 40:15; pl. שְׁחָקִים Dt 33:26 +;— 1. fine dust, שׁ׳ מֹאזְנַיִם Is 40:15 (sim. of insignif.). 2. (thin) cloud, usually pl. (often ‖ שָׁמַיִם), Dt 33:26 (poem), Is 45:8; Je 51:9; Jb 35:5; 36:28; 37:21; 38:37 ψ 36:6; 57:11; 68:35; 77:18; 78:23; 108:5; opp. תְּהוֹם Pr 3:20; 8:28; עָבֵי שׁ׳ 2 S 22:12 = ψ 18:12; = heavens, sky Jb 37:18 (c. הִרְקִיעַ), and (sg.) ψ 89:7, 38.