1 Chronicles 14:11:41 Chr.14.11.W4TAB
שָׁ֣ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID
- clause
va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM
Exegesis
The result clause ʿal-ken qārû šēm-hammāqōm hahû’ Bāʿal-peraṭṣim {עַל-כֵּן קָרְאוּ שֵׁם-הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בַּעַל פְּרָצִים | ʿal-ken qārû šēm-hammāqōm hahû’ Bāʿal-peraṭṣim} explains the origin of the commemorative place-name.
Root and etymology
Rootš–m
“name, reputation”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:11
And they went up to Baal-Perazim, and there David struck them down. Then David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a break of waters .” Therefore, they called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 14:11, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֣ם (sham) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.14.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.11.W4.S1) and character.