שָׁם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁם֙

   SHAM

   there
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹֽא־שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙

   lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM

   he did not send my lord there
3. clause🔊 חַ֣י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־גּ֤וֹי וּמַמְלָכָה֙ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ וְאָמְר֖וּ אָ֑יִן

   KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin

   as lives or living the LORD your God if there is a nation and a kingdom which he did not send my lord there to seek you and they said there is not
4. sentence🔊 חַ֣י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־גּ֤וֹי וּמַמְלָכָה֙ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ וְאָמְר֖וּ אָ֑יִן וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַ אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ וְאֶת־הַגּ֔וֹי כִּ֖י לֹ֥א יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה׃

   KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin ve-hish-BI-a et-ha-mam-la-KHA ve-et-ha-GOY KI LO yim-tsa-E-kha

   as lives or living the LORD your God if there is a nation and a kingdom which he did not send my lord there to seek you and they said there is not then he made swear or he caused to swear the kingdom {direct object} and the nation that or for not they found you

Exegesis

The conditional clause im yesh goy u-mamlakhah asher lo shalakh adoni sham levakkeshkha {אִם־יֶשׁ־גּוֹי וּמַמְלָכָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁלַח אֲדֹנִי שָׁם לְבַקֵּשְׁךָ | ʾim yēš gôy wə-mamlāḵāh ăšer lō šālaḥ ădōnî šām lə-văqēšḵā} ‘if there is a nation and kingdom which my master has not sent to seek you’ places emphasis on the comprehensiveness of the search.

Root and etymology

š-m🔊 ש־מ

“name, reputation”

• 🔊 שְׁמוֹתšēmôtnamesExodus 1:1