Hebrew:שמים

Noun, sing., masc.:

• heaven, sky (Strong 8064)

Misc:

• that water

I may mean the atmosphere (as in "birds of heaven") or outer space (as in "stars of heaven").

Victor Porton suspects that this word means "galaxies".

Exegesis:Genesis_2:1 suggests that "the heaven" is not the entire universe.

Spaces Hypothesis

שם+ים

• there Sea
• name Sea
• fame, glory Sea
• Shem Sea

Analyzing of information presented on this page is complete (even with spaces hypothesis). That is, all variants of translation were considered carefully. No warranty however, that nothing is missing.