וְשָׁ֕מָּה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשָׁ֕מָּה

   ve-SHA-ma

   and there
2. clause🔊 וְהַבַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֤א הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ וְהַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְשָׁ֕מָּה כֹּ֖ל סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

   ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM

   and the house was full of the men and the women and there all the lords of the Philistines
3. sentence🔊 וְהַבַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֤א הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ וְהַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְשָׁ֕מָּה כֹּ֖ל סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה הָרֹאִ֖ים בִּשְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃

   ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON

   and the house was full of the men and the women and there all the lords of the Philistines and on the roof about three thousands a man and a woman the ones seeing at the sport of Samson

Exegesis

The locative adverb ve-shamah {וְשָׁ֕מָּה | wə-šǎ-m-māh} ‘and there’ introduces kol sarnei pelishtim {כֹּ֖ל סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | kôl sár-nê pĕ-lî-štîm} ‘all the rulers of the Philistines’ in a construct chain, emphasizing their authority.