1 Kings 18:40:161 Kgs.18.40.W16TAB
שָֽׁם׃
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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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM
- clause
va-yo-ri-DEM e-li-YA-hu el-NA-khal ki-SHON va-yish-kha-TEM SHAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu la-HEM tif-SU et-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al ISH al-yim-ma-LET me-HEM va-yit-pe-SUM va-yo-ri-DEM e-li-YA-hu el-NA-khal ki-SHON va-yish-kha-TEM SHAM
Root and etymology
š-m
“name, reputation”
In context — 1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape from them.” They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Brook and slaughtered them there.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:40:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 18:40, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁם׃ (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 Kgs.18.40.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.40.W16.S1) and character.