Isaiah 14:17:1Isa.14.17.W1TAB
שָׂ֥ם
sam
“he made or he set”
- Transliteration
- SAM
- Extended
- SAAM
- IPA
- /ˈsɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- he made or he set
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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The word
Word in context
- word
SAM
- phraseyour reading level
SAM te-VEL
- clause
SAM te-VEL kha-mid-BAR ve-a-RAV ha-RAS
- sentence
SAM te-VEL kha-mid-BAR ve-a-RAV ha-RAS a-si-RAV lo-FA-takh BAI-ta
Exegesis
The verse uses three successive Qal perfect verbs—sam {שָׂ֥ם | šām} ‘he made’, hā-rās {הָרָ֑ס | hā-rās} ‘he destroyed’, and lō-pā-ṭaḥ {לֹא־פָ֥תַח | lō-pā-ṭaḥ} ‘he did not open’—to underscore decisive and irreversible judgment.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־א
“to place, set”
In context — Isaiah 14:17
He made the world a wilderness and destroyed its cities; he did not let his prisoners go home.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:17, so the Hebrew word שָׂ֥ם (sam) 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 Isa.14.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.17.W1.S1) and character.