Joshua 22:10:13Josh.22.10.W13TAB
שָׁ֤ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH SHAM miz-BE-akh
- clause
va-yiv-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH SHAM miz-BE-akh al-ha-yar-DEN miz-BE-akh ga-DOL le-mar-EH
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-ge-li-LOT ha-yar-DEN a-SHER be-E-retz ke-na-AN va-yiv-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH SHAM miz-BE-akh al-ha-yar-DEN miz-BE-akh ga-DOL le-mar-EH
In context — Joshua 22:10
Upon arriving at the Jordan borderlands in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar by the Jordan—large and set conspicuously.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 22:10, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֤ם (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.22.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.10.W13.S1) and character.