Deuteronomy 14:24:17Deut.14.24.W17TAB
שָׁ֑ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʃaːm/
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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Word in context
- word
SHAM
- clause
ve-KHI-yir-BEH mim-KHA ha-DE-rekh KI LO tu-KHAL se-E-to KI-yir-KHAK mim-KHA ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SUM she-MO SHAM
- sentence
ve-KHI-yir-BEH mim-KHA ha-DE-rekh KI LO tu-KHAL se-E-to KI-yir-KHAK mim-KHA ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SUM she-MO SHAM KI ye-va-reKH-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ă-sher yiv-ḥar YHWH Elohekha lā-sum šə-mô šām {אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִבְחַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לָשׂ֥וּם שְׁמ֖וֹ שָׁ֑ם | ’ă-sher yiv-ḥar Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê-khā lā-sûm šə-mô šām} ‘which the LORD your God chooses to put his name there’ emphasizes divine selection of a sacred site.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:24
But if the way is too much for you because you cannot carry it, because the place the LORD your God chooses to put his name is distant from you, since the LORD your God blesses you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:24:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 14:24, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֑ם (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 Deut.14.24.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.24.W17.S1) and character.