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שׁמין שְׁמַיָּא   n.m.pl.t.  heaven; ceiling


  heaven  Com. as a divinity  OA, OfAMesop.   metonymy for God  Com. (in construct with itself) : highest heaven  JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.

Note that after Qumran the word always occurs in the definite form.
  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 557a; DJBA: 1157a; Jastrow: 1595; Levy Ch-W: 2:493; Tal Sam: 907; DNWSI: 1160; Cook,Qumran: 238;

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