1 Samuel 16:9:31 Sam.16.9.W3TAB
שַׁמָּ֑ה
shama
“Shammah”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA
- Extended
- shah-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shammah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שַׁ + מָּ֑ה
↓
sha + ma
↓
shama
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA
- clause
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI sha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI sha-MA va-yo-MER gam-ba-ZE lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
In context — 1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by, and Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 16:9, so the Hebrew word שַׁמָּ֑ה (shama) 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 Sam.16.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.9.W3.S1) and character.