Joshua 14:12:14Josh.14.12.W14TAB
שָׁ֗ם
sham
“are there”
- Transliteration
- sham
- Extended
- SHAHM
- IPA
- /ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are 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
ki-a-na-KIM sham
- clause
ki a-TA-sha-MA-ta ba-YOM ha-HU ki-a-na-KIM sham ve-a-RIM ge-do-LOT be-tsu-ROT u-LAI Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ve-ho-RASH-tim ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-TAH te-NA-li ET-ha-HAR ha-ZEH a-SHER-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU ki a-TA-sha-MA-ta ba-YOM ha-HU ki-a-na-KIM sham ve-a-RIM ge-do-LOT be-tsu-ROT u-LAI Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ve-ho-RASH-tim ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Joshua 14:12
And now, give me this mountain that the LORD spoke of on that day; for you heard on that day that the Anakites were there and their cities were vast and fortified. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I will dispossess them just as He spoke.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Joshua 14:12, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֗ם (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 Josh.14.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.12.W14.S1) and character.