Ezekiel 20:29:7Ezek.20.29.W7TAB
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
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ba-IM SHAM
- clause
va-o-MAR a-le-HEM MA ha-ba-MA a-SHER-a-TEM ha-ba-IM SHAM
- sentence
va-o-MAR a-le-HEM MA ha-ba-MA a-SHER-a-TEM ha-ba-IM SHAM va-yik-ka-RE she-MA ba-MA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} atem {אַתֶּם | ʾat-tem} habaim {הַבָּאִים | hab-bā-ʾîm} sham {שָׁם | šām} uses the relative pronoun asher to connect atem ‘you’ with the participle habaim ‘are coming,’ indicating habitual approach to the location marked by sham ‘there.’
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“name, reputation”
In context — Ezekiel 20:29
And I said to them, "What is Bamah to which you are coming ?" So its name has been called Bamah up to this day.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:29, 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 Ezek.20.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.29.W7.S1) and character.