שָׁ֖ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁ֖ם

   SHAM

   there
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ שָׁ֖ם

   ve-tam-NE-hu SHAM

   and hide it there
3. clause🔊 וְקוּם֙ לֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ שָׁ֖ם בִּנְקִ֥יק הַסָּֽלַע׃

   ve-KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-tam-NE-hu SHAM bin-KIK ha-sa-LA

   and arise go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a cleft of the rock
4. sentence🔊 קַ֧ח אֶת־הָאֵז֛וֹר אֲשֶׁ֥ר קָנִ֖יתָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־מָתְנֶ֑יךָ וְקוּם֙ לֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ שָׁ֖ם בִּנְקִ֥יק הַסָּֽלַע׃

   KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR a-SHER ka-NI-ta a-SHER al-ma-te-NE-kha ve-KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-tam-NE-hu SHAM bin-KIK ha-sa-LA

   take the loincloth which you bought which on your waist and arise go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a cleft of the rock

Exegesis

Peratah {פְּרָ֔תָה | pərāṯā(h)} with the directional heh marks the Euphrates as the destination, and the final imperative vetomnehu {וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ | wəṭāmnēhû} ‘hide it’ directs placing the belt sham {שָׁ֖ם | šām} ‘there’ in binqiq hasālaʿ {בִּנְקִ֥יק הַסָּֽלַע | binqîq hasālaʿ} ‘a cleft in the rock.’ The Hebrew syntax emphasizes immediacy and the physical reality of the prophetic symbol through stark imperatives and precise locative expressions.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 שׁ־מShin–Mem

“name, reputation”