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# firmament

«firmament» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **sky** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

sky

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

the sky or heavens, especially the sky full of stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/firmament/#m1)

### how it differs from today

An old word, now mostly found in poetry or old books; today we say sky.

### examples

- And God called the firmament Heaven. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/firmament/#x1)
- A falling star shone in the dark firmament. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/firmament/#x2)
- And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (Torah GEN.1.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/firmament/#x3)

### primary record

firmament

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 17 (Torah 9, tales 8, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.9 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And God called the firmament Heaven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.8/)
- [and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.16/)
- [And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.18/)
- [The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.265/)
- [Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firmament of His power.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2691/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «firmament» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/firmament/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.