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שְׁחָקִין‏ n.m.pl.t. sky

In LJLA this biblical word is often spelled with final mem as in Biblical Hebrew when it is used as the name of one of the seven heavens. In our TgPsalms the JBA emphatic form שחקי‏ is used.

sky PTA, BabMBK, LJLA. TN Deut33:26 : אלהא דישראל דאשרי איקר שכינתיה בשמיא וגיוותה בשחקיה‏ the God of Israel who made the glory of His Shekinah reside in the heavens and His pride in the sky. PJ Deut33:26 : ויתיב על כורסי{ה} יקרא בגיוותנותיה בשמי שחקי מרומא‏ . TgTosPr Ezek.1:1 : מן שמי שמיא לשחקים מהלך חמיש מאה שנין‏ from the high heavens to the š' is a journey of five hundred years.

Hebrew.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 545a; DJBA: 1128b; Jastrow: 1551; Levy Ch-W: 2:470;

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