2 Samuel 15:29:82 Sam.15.29.W8TAB
שָֽׁם׃
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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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM
- clause
va-ye-she-VU SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-ye-she-VU SHAM
Exegesis
The clause closes with wayyēšebū {וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ | wayyēšebū} ‘and they remained’ plus the locative adverb šām {שָֽׁם | šām} ‘there’, conveying their settled presence.
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“there, that place”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:29
So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they stayed there .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 15:29, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁם׃ (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 2 Sam.15.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.29.W8.S1) and character.