Genesis 19:22:10Gen.19.22.W10TAB
שָׁ֑מָּה
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
- clause
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma
- sentence
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
Exegesis
The adverb shammah {שָׁמָּה | šāmmāh} frames the destination both initially and within the temporal clause.
The phrase 'ad bo'akha shammah {עַד־בֹּאֲךָ שָׁמָּה | ʿad bōʾăḵā šāmmāh} ‘until your coming there’ establishes a limit for action.
In context — Genesis 19:22
Swiftly flee there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 19:22, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֑מָּה (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.19.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.22.W10.S1) and character.