Judges 18:15:2Judg.18.15.W2TAB
שָׁ֔מָּה
shamma
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM-ma
- Extended
- SHAAM-mah
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma
- clause
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA va-yish-e-LU-lo le-sha-LOM
Root and etymology
m-h
“what”
In context — Judges 18:15
So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite , at the house of Micah, and they asked him about his well-being .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:15, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֔מָּה (shamma) 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 Judg.18.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.15.W2.S1) and character.