Genesis 2:8:7Gen.2.8.W7TAB
שָׁ֔ם
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
va-ya-SEM SHAM
- clause
va-ya-SEM SHAM et-ha-a-DAM a-SHER ya-TSAR
- sentence
va-yit-TA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM gan-be-E-den mi-QE-dem va-ya-SEM SHAM et-ha-a-DAM a-SHER ya-TSAR
Exegesis
The next waw-consecutive verb vayasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | way-yā-śem} ‘and He placed’ combines with sham {שָׁם | šām} ‘there,’ anchoring the man within the garden.
Root and etymology
š-m
“name, reputation”
In context — Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east, and there He set the man whom He had formed.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 2:8, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֔ם (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.2.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.8.W7.S1) and character.