שָׁ֔ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁ֔ם

   SHAM

   there
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם

   yo-SHEV SHAM

   was staying there
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

   va-yik-ka-KHE-hu me-khe-KA va-ya-le-HU el-ha-a-li-YA a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV SHAM va-yash-ke-VE-hu al-mit-ta-TO

   and he took him from her bosom and he brought him up to the upper chamber where he was staying there and he laid him down upon his bed
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלֶ֖יהָ תְּנִֽי־לִ֣י אֶת־בְּנֵ֑ךְ וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

   va-yo-MER e-LE-ha te-NI-LI et-be-NEKH va-yik-ka-KHE-hu me-khe-KA va-ya-le-HU el-ha-a-li-YA a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV SHAM va-yash-ke-VE-hu al-mit-ta-TO

   and he said to her give {feminine singular imperative} to me {direct object marker} your son and he took him from her bosom and he brought him up to the upper chamber where he was staying there and he laid him down upon his bed

Exegesis

The relative clause asher-hu yoshev sham {אֲשֶׁר־הוּא יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם | ʾăšer-hû yōšēv šām} situates where he stayed, and the Hiphil vayyashkivehu places the boy ʿal-mittato {עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ | ʿal-miṭṭāṯō} “on his bed,” highlighting compassionate care.

Root and etymology

ג-ש-ם🔊 gimel–shin–mem

“to rain, pour down”

• 🔊 גַשְׁמוּgašmûthey rainedJoshua 10:11