Joshua 17:15:11Josh.17.15.W11TAB
שָׁ֔ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʃaːm/
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
- clause
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a IM-AM-RAV a-TA a-LE le-KHA ha-ya-RAH u-ve-RE-ta le-KHA SHAM be-E-rets ha-pe-ri-ZI ve-ha-re-fa-IM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a IM-AM-RAV a-TA a-LE le-KHA ha-ya-RAH u-ve-RE-ta le-KHA SHAM be-E-rets ha-pe-ri-ZI ve-ha-re-fa-IM KI-ATs le-KHA har-ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verb ūbērēʾtā {וּבֵרֵאתָ | ūbērēʾtā} “and you shall clear” governs the locative šām {שָׁם | šām} “there” in the land of the happrîzzi {הַפְּרִזִּי | happrîzzi} “Perizzites” and the Rephaim.
In context — Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said to them, “If you are many and if the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for you, go up to the forest and clear space there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 17:15, 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 Josh.17.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.15.W11.S1) and character.