1 Samuel 19:23:21 Sam.19.23.W2TAB
שָׁ֔ם
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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Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH SHAM
- clause
va-ye-LEKH SHAM el-na-VIT ba-ra-MA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH SHAM el-na-VIT ba-ra-MA va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive on vayyeilekh {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ indicating sequential narrative flow, followed by the locative adverb sham {שָׁ֔ם | šām} ‘there’.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:23
Saul went there to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God was also upon him; and he walked about prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 19:23, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֔ם (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 Sam.19.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.23.W2.S1) and character.