שָֽׁם׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָֽׁם׃

   SHAM

   there
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃

   va-ya-MAT SHAM

   and he died there
3. clause🔊 וְאֶת־יְהוֹאָחָ֣ז לָקָ֔ח וַיָּבֹ֥א מִצְרַ֖יִם וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃

   ve-et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ la-KAKH va-ya-VO mits-ra-YIM va-ya-MAT SHAM

   and {direct object} Jehoahaz he took and he came Egypt and he died there
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּמְלֵךְ֩ פַּרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֜ה אֶת־אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ תַּ֚חַת יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֔יו וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהוֹיָקִ֑ים וְאֶת־יְהוֹאָחָ֣ז לָקָ֔ח וַיָּבֹ֥א מִצְרַ֖יִם וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃

   va-yam-LEKH par-O ne-KHO et-el-ya-KIM ben-yo-shi-YA-hu TA-khat yo-shi-YA-hu a-VIV va-yas-SEV et-she-MO ye-ho-ya-KIM ve-et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ la-KAKH va-ya-VO mits-ra-YIM va-ya-MAT SHAM

   and he made king Pharaoh Neco {direct object} Eliakim son of Josiah in place of Josiah his father and he turned or changed {direct object} his name Jehoiakim and {direct object} Jehoahaz he took and he came Egypt and he died there

Exegesis

The sequence closes with the vav consecutive Qal imperfect vayyāmaṯ {וַיָּ֥מָת | wa-yā-māṯ} ‘and he died’ modified by šām {שָֽׁם | šām} ‘there,’ preserving the Hebrew narrative flow and geographic emphasis.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 שׁ־םshin–mem

“name”

• 🔊 שְׁמוֹתshemotnamesExodus 1:1