שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning heavens. It appears
421 times
in 33 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8064).
Also rendered
heaven
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2407a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2407a)heavens, sky; visible heavens; aloft; air
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁמַיnoun, masculine: heavens, sky
1.
a.visible heavens, sky, where stars, are
b.phrases
2.
a.as abode of God
b.Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind
Strong's H8064שָׁמַיִם: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) KJV:air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2407: שׁמהšmh — Root of: שָׁמַיִם heavens, sky