1 Samuel 23:22:121 Sam.23.22.W12TAB
שָׁ֑ם
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
- clause
le-KHU-NA ha-KHI-nu OD u-de-U u-re-U et-me-KO-mo a-SHER tih-ye-YE RAG-lo MI ra-A-hu SHAM
- sentence
le-KHU-NA ha-KHI-nu OD u-de-U u-re-U et-me-KO-mo a-SHER tih-ye-YE RAG-lo MI ra-A-hu SHAM KI a-MAR E-lai a-ROM ya-e-RIM HU
Exegesis
The question mî rā-ʾā-hû šām {מִי רָאָהוּ שָׁם | mî rā-ʾā-hû šām} “who has seen him there” frames eyewitness inquiry.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:22
Go now and make further preparation; learn and observe the place where his foot will be—who has seen him there—for I am told that he is crafty .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 23:22, 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 Sam.23.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.22.W12.S1) and character.