Ezekiel 20:40:17Ezek.20.40.W17TAB
וְשָׁ֥ם
vesham
“and there”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAM
- Extended
- veh-SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛr.tsɛˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAM ed-ROSH
- clause
KI be-har-kod-SHI be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHAM ya-a-ve-DU-ni kol-BET yis-ra-EL ku-LO ba-A-rets SHAM er-tse-HEM ve-SHAM ed-ROSH et-te-ru-mo-TE-khem
- sentence
KI be-har-kod-SHI be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHAM ya-a-ve-DU-ni kol-BET yis-ra-EL ku-LO ba-A-rets SHAM er-tse-HEM ve-SHAM ed-ROSH et-te-ru-mo-TE-khem ve-et-re-SHIT mas-o-TE-khem be-khol-kod-she-KHEM
Exegesis
The sequence sham ya’avdeni kol-beit yisrael kulam ba-aretz {שָּׁם יַעַבְדֵנִי כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלָּם בָּאָרֶץ | šām ya-ʿav-də-nî kol-bêt yiś-rā-ʾēl kul-lam bā-ʼā-reṣ} (‘there all the house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land’) combines location, inclusivity, and worship in a single clause, with the Qal imperfect ya’avdeni signalling future worship.
Root and etymology
š-m
“name, reputation”
In context — Ezekiel 20:40
For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord GOD , there all the house of Israel, every one of them, shall serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and firstfruits, with all your holy things .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:40:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 20:40, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֥ם (vesham) 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.20.40.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.40.W17.S1) and character.