2 Samuel 17:12:82 Sam.17.12.W8TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM
- clause
u-va-NU e-LAV be-a-KHAT be-a-KHAD ham-me-ko-MOT a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM ve-nakh-NU a-LAV ka-a-SHER yip-POL hat-TAL al-ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
u-va-NU e-LAV be-a-KHAT be-a-KHAD ham-me-ko-MOT a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM ve-nakh-NU a-LAV ka-a-SHER yip-POL hat-TAL al-ha-a-da-MA ve-LO-no-TAR BO u-ve-khol-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-i-TO gam-e-KHAD
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be’achat hamekomot {בְּאַחַ֤ד הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ | bə-ʼă-ḥaḏ hammə-qō-mōt} ‘in one of the places’ sets a general location, and the relative clause asher nimtsa sham {אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצָ֣א שָׁ֔ם | ʼă-šer nim-ṣâʼ šām} ‘where he is found there’ specifies the ambush point.
Root and etymology
shin–yod–mems-y-m
“to place, set, appoint”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:12
And we will come upon him in one of the places where he is found, and we will fall on him like dew falls upon the ground, and there will not be left in him or among all the men who are with him even one .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 17:12, 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 2 Sam.17.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.12.W8.S1) and character.