Shamayim

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Raqia and shamayim — the "firmament" and the "sky", the "dome" and the "heavens", etc.

("mayim" means "waters").

For an example of Biblical usage of shamayim see at Psalm 144:5.

See also R Evans, Genesis in Context - 2