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Heaven Οὐρανοί

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Author(s): M. Hutter (I-III) | M. de Jonge (IV)

I. Name The Hebrew word שׁמים ( šāmayim) is plurale tantum and occurs 420 times in the OT; only a limited number of these occurrences refer to heaven as being divine. It has its cognates in other semitic languages (e. g. Akk. šamû or šamāʾū, Ug. šmm, Aram. šmayyā, Ar. samāʾ); the equivalent in Sumerian is an, in Hittite we find the word nepiš for ‘heaven’. The etymology of the word is not completely certain; it is possible to derive it from Akk. ša mê (“of water”, CT 25, 50:17), but this can also be popular etymology. II. Identity The Sumerian cuneiform sign an means heaven and it i…

Source: Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible Online