Exodus 15:25:10Exod.15.25.W10TAB
שָׁ֣ם
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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Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
SHAM SAM LO
- clause
SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu
- sentence
va-yits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-RE-hu ye-ho-VAH ETS va-yash-LEKH el-ha-MA-yim va-yim-te-KU ha-MA-yim SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu
Exegesis
The adverb sham {שָׁ֣ם | šām} ‘there’ shifts to covenant legislation.
The Qal perfect sam {שָׂ֥ם | sām} with lo {ל֛וֹ | lō} introduces choq ū-mishpat {חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט | ḥōq ū-miš-pāṭ} ‘statute and ordinance,’ formalizing the remedy as enduring law.
In context — Exodus 15:25
He cried out to the LORD , and the LORD showed him a tree. He threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He established for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 15:25, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֣ם (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 Exod.15.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.25.W10.S1) and character.