Genesis 19:20:6Gen.19.20.W6TAB
שָׁ֖מָּה
shamma
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM-ma
- Extended
- SHAAM-mah
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
la-NUS SHAM-ma
- clause
hin-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR
- sentence
hin-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR im-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI
In context — Genesis 19:20
See now, this city lies close for flight, and it is small. Please let me escape there—surely it is but a small place?—so that my soul may live.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:20, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֖מָּה (shamma) 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.19.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.20.W6.S1) and character.