2 Samuel 23:33:12 Sam.23.33.W1TAB
שַׁמָּה֙
shamma
“Shammah”
- Transliteration
- SHAM-ma
- Extended
- SHAHM-mah
- IPA
- /ʃamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shammah
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM-ma
- sentence
SHAM-ma ha-ha-ra-RI a-khi-AM BEN-sha-RAR ha-a-ra-RI
Exegesis
The verse lists two names in a coordinated appositional and construct chain: shammah {שַׁמָּה֙ | šammāh} ‘Shammah’ is immediately followed by hahărari {הַֽהֲרָרִ֔י | hăhārārî} ‘the Hararite’, serving as a gentilic designation.
Root and etymology
sh-m-m
“desolate, appalled”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:33
Shammah the Hararite , Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 23:33, so the Hebrew word שַׁמָּה֙ (shamma) 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.23.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.33.W1.S1) and character.