Heaven שָׁמַי

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jan 30, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter twenty-four of Exodus with our word for today. שָׁמַי heaven, sky, air. It is used 421 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used in the sense of the sky or air where birds fly. Genesis 1:20, 26 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of הַשָּׁמָֽיִם the heavens … Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם the heavens. We also see our word used in the sense of the region above the…