Isaiah 21:4:8Isa.21.4.W8TAB

שָׂ֥ם

sam

he set or has made

Transliteration
SAM
Extended
SAAM
IPA
/ˈsaːm/

Meaning by language

English
he set or has made

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    SAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SAM LI

  3. clause

    ET NE-shef khish-KE SAM LI la-kha-ra-DA

  4. sentence

    TA-a le-va-VI pal-la-TSUT bi-a-TAT-ni ET NE-shef khish-KE SAM LI la-kha-ra-DA

Exegesis

The particle et {אֵ֚ת | ʾēt} marks neshef {נֶשֶׁף | ne-šep̄} ‘twilight’ as the direct object of sam {שָׂם | ṣām} ‘he placed’, and chishqi {חִשְׁקִ֔י | ḥî-šqî} ‘my longing’ in construct functions as a genitive modifier.

In contextIsaiah 21:4

My heart has wandered, horror has terrified me; the twilight I desired he has set for me as trembling .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 21:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 21:4, 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.21.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.4.W8.S1) and character.