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# firmament

«firmament» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the sky, especially the sky full of stars and heavenly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (firmaments)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) The firmament is the sky, especially the sky full of stars and heavenly things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Creation story God makes the firmament on the second day and calls it Heaven, to divide the waters above from the waters below. Interpretation: The Hebrew word is raki'a, meaning something stretched or beaten out thin. The rabbis wondered at what the waters above were and why the sky is like a curtain. In the primary lessons: in poems and fairy tales, the heavens above the earth, often full of stars

### examples

- And God called the firmament Heaven. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x1)
- 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/judaism/F/firmament/#x2)
- and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so. (Torah GEN.1.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x3)
- The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork; (Writings PSA.19.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x4)
- Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firmament of His power. (Writings PSA.150.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x5)
- For, when there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads, as they stood, they let down their wings. (Prophets EZK.1.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x6)
- A falling star shone in the dark firmament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x7)
- The whole firmament was ablaze with northern lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x8)
- Stars filled the firmament above the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x9)
- The bird flew high into the firmament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/firmament/#x10)

### note

nothing for maths

### 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/judaism/F/firmament/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.