1 Kings 19:9:41 Kgs.19.9.W4TAB
שָׁ֑ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAHM
- 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-LEN SHAM
- clause
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA va-ya-LEN SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA va-ya-LEN SHAM ve-hin-NE de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV va-yo-MER LO ma-le-KHA PO e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
Vayalen {וַיָּלֶן | wayyālen} ‘and he lodged’ maintains the chain of vav-consecutive verbs, and sham {שָׁם | šam} ‘there’ reinforces the locative frame.
In context — 1 Kings 19:9
He went there to a cave and spent the night. Then the word of the LORD came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֑ם (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.19.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.9.W4.S1) and character.