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2 Kings 2:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 And it came to pass ויהי

H5927 would take up בהעלות

H3068 when the LORD יהוה

H853 את

H452 Elijah אליהו

H5591 by a whirlwind בסערה

H8064 into heaven השׁמים

H1980 went וילך

H452 that Elijah אליהו

H477 with Elisha ואלישׁע

H4480 from מן

H1537 Gilgal הגלגל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

came

H1961 pass

when

the

H3068 LORD

would

take

H5927 up

H452 Elijah

into

H8064 heaven

H5591 whirlwind

that

H452 Elijah

H1980 went

with

H477 Elisha

H4480 from

H1537 Gilgal

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8064

Hebrew: שָׁמַיִם

Transliteration: shâmayim

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {air} X-(idiom) {astrologer} heaven (-s).

Definition:

from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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)

1. heaven, heavens, sky

a. visible heavens, sky

1. as abode of the stars

2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

b. Heaven (as the abode of God)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906