2 Samuel 18:7:22 Sam.18.7.W2TAB
שָׁם֙
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
va-yin-NAG-fu SHAM
- clause
va-yin-NAG-fu SHAM AM yis-ra-EL lif-ne av-DE da-VID
- sentence
va-yin-NAG-fu SHAM AM yis-ra-EL lif-ne av-DE da-VID vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA ge-do-LA bay-YOM ha-HU es-rim A-lef
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Nif‘al imperfect wayyinnaḡēp̄ {וַיִּנָּגֵ֜ף | wayyinnaḡēp̄} ‘and was struck down,’ followed by the locative adverb šām {שָּׁם | šām}, establishing setting.
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“name, reputation”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:7
And there the people of Israel were struck down before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter on that day—twenty thousand men.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word שָׁם֙ (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.18.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.7.W2.S1) and character.