2 Samuel 15:21:172 Sam.15.21.W17TAB
כִּי־שָׁ֖ם
kisham
“for there”
- Transliteration
- ki-SHAM
- Extended
- kee-SHAAM
- IPA
- /kiːˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-SHAM
- clause
khai-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KI im-bi-me-KOM a-SHER yih-ye-SHAM a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-le-MA-vet im-le-kha-YIM ki-SHAM yih-YE av-de-KHA
- sentence
va-YA-an i-TAI et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MAR khai-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KI im-bi-me-KOM a-SHER yih-ye-SHAM a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-le-MA-vet im-le-kha-YIM ki-SHAM yih-YE av-de-KHA
Exegesis
The particles kî ʼim {כִּי אִם | kî ʼim} mark affirmation, leading into the relative clause bimqôm ʼăšêr yihyēh šām ʼăḏônî hammeleḵ {בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה־שָּׁם אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | bimqôm ʼăšêr yihyēh šām ʼăḏônî hammeleḵ} ‘in the place where my lord the king is.’
The conclusion kî šām yihyēh ʿavdĕḵā {כִּי שָׁם יִהְיֶה עַבְדֶּךָ | kî šām yihyēh ʿavdĕḵā} ‘for there your servant will be’ reaffirms unyielding loyalty.
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“there, that place”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:21
And Ittai answered the king and said, “As the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, surely wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, that is where your servant will be.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 15:21, so the Hebrew word כִּי־שָׁ֖ם (kisham) 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 2 Sam.15.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.21.W17.S1) and character.