H8064 שָׁמַיִם (shaw-mah'-yim)

KJV renderings

air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

Strong's definition

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)

Derivation

dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;

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