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# sky

«sky» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun…** — 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 (the sky, skies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun, the Moon and the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#m1)

2) The weather or look of it: blue skies, grey skies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh "skies" is a poetic word for the heavens above, from which rain pours and where God's goodness is said to reach. Psalms say God's faithfulness reaches to the skies. Interpretation: The tradition reads the skies as showing God's greatness and care, since He sends the rain and His kindness is as high as the heavens. In the primary lessons: In science: the sky looks blue in the day because air scatters blue sunlight more; at sunset it turns red and orange; at night we see stars and planets. Looking at the sky helps forecast weather (dark clouds mean rain). Never look straight at the Sun. Phrases: in the sky, blue sky, night sky, clear sky, the sky's the limit, skyscraper, sky-high.

### examples

- There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies. (Torah DEU.33.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x1)
- Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men. (Writings JOB.36.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x2)
- And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven; (Writings PSA.78.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x3)
- Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies. (Writings PSA.36.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x4)
- The sky is blue today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x5)
- Birds fly across the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x6)
- At night the sky is full of stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x7)
- Dark clouds filled the sky before the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x8)
- The sky turned pink at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x9)
- Skyscrapers are very tall buildings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x10)
- We hope for clear skies on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x11)
- Prices went sky-high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x12)
- Little by little the sky cleared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sky/#x13)

### note

Usually «the sky». Plural «skies» (y → ies) is used for weather: sunny skies. «The sky's the limit» means there is no limit. The sky is not a solid roof; it is air and space.

### In the corpora

- [And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.671/)
- [He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.222/)
- [Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.565/)
- [For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the skies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.942/)
- [Ascribe ye strength unto God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength is in the skies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1125/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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