Genesis 18:16:2Gen.18.16.W2TAB
מִשָּׁם֙
misham
“from there”
- Transliteration
- mi-SHAM
- Extended
- mih-SHAAM
- IPA
- /miʃ.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mi-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
Exegesis
The locative misham {מִשָּׁם | miššām} ‘from there’ indicates departure from that spot.
In context — Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose up from there and looked out toward the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word מִשָּׁם֙ (misham) 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 Gen.18.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W2.S1) and character.