Genesis 19:27:6Gen.19.27.W6TAB
שָׁ֖ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm/
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
a-sher-A-mad SHAM
- clause
el-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-A-mad SHAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yash-KEM av-ra-HAM ba-BO-ker el-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-A-mad SHAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The embedded relative clause asher-amad-sham {אֲשֶׁר־עָמַד שָׁם | ʾă-šer-ʿā-mad šām} ‘where he had stood there’ ties the current action to Abraham’s earlier intercession.
Root and etymology
שםshin–mem
“name, reputation”
In context — Genesis 19:27
Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood in the presence of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:27, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֖ם (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 Gen.19.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.27.W6.S1) and character.